print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1880,0710.516
- Title
- Object: Der Thier und Jäger Krieg.
- Description
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A broadside showing the world upside-down, with animals storming the fortification of the hunters; with an etching showing a castle attacked by various groups of animals and birds, defended by hunters, in the left foreground two hunters hanged in a tree, underneath is a lion discussing with a bear, an elephant, a deer, a fox, and a hare; with engraved title and lettering A-M, and with letterpress text in three columns, the letterpress with a three-sided border of type ornaments. (Nuremberg, Fürst: 1652)
- Production date
- 1652
- Dimensions
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Height: 228 millimetres (etching)
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Height: 340 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 305 millimetres (etching)
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Width: 305 millimetres (printed area)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- According to Hampe, the signature should read IFFB; this sheet apparently cropped, stating only IF.
The image and letterpress printed on two, joined sheets.
Ref.:
Hampe, 298; Nagler, no. 2388 (listed as "unbekannter Kupferstrecher")
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,0710.516
