print; broadside

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Object Type: print; broadside
Museum number: 1871,1209.4735
Title: Object: Diss Apostel schifflin ist ain für bildung der Christliche[n] Kyrchen
Description: Broadside on the ship of the True Church; with an etching of a large boat carrying Christ, the apostles and archangels at centre and navigating a rough sea in which infidels are drowning; in foreground a semi-circle of horsemen attacking the boat; in left background a hellmouth in right background a ruined city; lettered throughout and inscribed in brown ink in upper margin; printed from one plate; the sheet torn and repaired at centre where it was folded. [n.p.:1570]
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Production date: 1570
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Dimensions: Height: 263 millimetres (Plate-mark); Height: 298 millimetres (Sheet size); Width: 362 millimetres; Width: 395 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For information about this print, see J. Chipps Smith, 'Nuremberg: A Renaissance City, 1500-1618', exhibition catalogue, Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas 1983, cat.no.185 BM also has an impression of the broadside printed by Hans Weigel, see 1880,0710.597.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: religion/belief; turk; old testament; new testament; tartar; revelations; ancient history; hell
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Apostles; Representation of: Evangelists; Representation of: Holy Spirit; Representation of: Archangel Michael; Representation of: Archangel Gabriel; Representation of: Archangel Raphael; Representation of: Archangel Uriel; Representation of: St Paul; Representation of: Attila the Hun; Representation of: Nero; Representation of: Caiaphas; Representation of: Herod the Great; Representation of: Herod Antipas; Representation of: Pontius Pilate; Representation of: Arius; Representation of: Muhammad; Representation of: Nestor; Representation of: Whore of Babylon; Representation of: Jezebel; Representation of: Claudius I
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Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,1209.4735

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