print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1880,0710.494
- Title
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Object: Unterschreibung des Friedens Zu Nürrenberg
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Object: Was ist der Krieg? Was ist der Friede?
- Description
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A broadside on the signing of the peace treaty in Nuremberg; with an engraving showing an interior with delegates, some standing and discussing, others sitting at a round table and signing a document, underneath is a topographical view of the market place of Nuremberg, in front of the town hall a wine fountain in form of a lion; with engraved title, inscriptions, numbering1-10, and a legend, and, on a separate sheet, letterpress titles and text in two columns, and with one vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornaments. (Hamburg, Pietersen: 1649)
- Production date
- 1649
- Dimensions
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Height: 312 millimetres (engraving)
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Height: 140 millimetres (letterpress)
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Width: 377 millimetres (engraving)
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Width: 355 millimetres (letterpress)
- Curator's comments
- The engraving and the letterpress are on two different sheets of paper, stuck together on one mount. The production details refer to the letterpress, and the engraving may have come from somewhere else.
The wine fountain in form of a lion is in the Municipal Museum in Nuremberg.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,0710.494