print; book of prints

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Object Type: print; book of prints
Museum number: 1855,0609.1207-1216
Title: Object: Lucas Cranach's Stammbuch
Description: Christian von Mechel, ed., "Lucas Cranach's Stammbuch enthaltend die von Ihm selbst in Miniatur gemahlte Abbildung des den Segen ertheilenden Heilandes und die Bildnesse der vorzüglichsten Fürsten und Gelehrten aus der Reformations-Geschichte. Nebst kurzen biographischen Nachrichten von denselben, den Handschiften der vier Theologen und dem Vorladungs- und Sicherheitsbrief Kaisers Carl V., wodorch Luther aud den Reichstag zu Worms entboten ward." (Berlin, von Mechel; Basel, Wilhelm Haas) 1814; containing 10 prints after miniatures in the "Stammbuch" of Lucas Cranach the Younger in the Prussian Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, including a colour wood-engraving printed with gold highlights showing Christ the Redeemer holding an orb, and portraits of German rulers and religious leaders. Bound together with facsimiles of handwriting by Reformation theologians and letterpress introduction. Original paper title wrapper, bound in marbled boards. Etchings and engravings, with some stipple Colour wood-engraving printed from multiple blocks
Producer name: After: Lucas Cranach the Younger; Print made by: Daniel Berger; Print made by: Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger; Print made by: Johann Friedrich Bolt; Printed by: Georg Jacob Decker; Published by: Christian von Mechel
School/style
Production date: 1814
Production place: Published in: Berlin (city)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; colour; etching; engraving; stipple; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 447 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 300 millimetres
Curator's comments: Evidence of earlier binding (stitch marks) in the final sheets of the volume. For a later series of colour collotypes after the "Stammbuch" see 1929,0416.155.1-10.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ruler; christian cleric; christ
Associated names: Associated with: Christian von Mechel (editor); Portrait of: Johann Friedrich I, Elector and Duke of Saxony; Portrait of: John Ernest, Duke of Saxony-Coburg; Portrait of: Martin Luther; Portrait of: Philipp Melanchthon; Portrait of: Justus Jonas; Portrait of: Johann Bugenhagen; Portrait of: Georg Spalatin; Portrait of: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Associated events: Associated Event: Protestant Reformation
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1855
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1855,0609.1207-1216

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