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title-page
Object Type
print
title-page
Museum number
1895,0122.1118
Description
Title-page border with the battle of the Teutoburg Forest; in upper section, the calumny of Apelles between Ignorantia and Veritas in lower section and the four Virtues at left and right. Illustration to Maximus Tyrius, 'Sermones e Graeca in Latinam linguam versi Cosmo Paccio interprete', Basel: Froben, January 1519. 1517 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Ambrosius Holbein
Printed by:
Johann Froben
School/style
German
Production date
1519
(Printed)
1517
Production place
Printed in:
Basel
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
252 millimetres
Width:
172 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression (used in Erasmus's Novum Testamentum') see 1856,0614.119
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(19 a)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
ancient history
allegory/personification
battle
virtues and vices
Associated names
Illustration to:
Cassius Maximus Tyrius
Illustration to:
Cosimo de' Pazzi, Archbishop of Florence
(Editor)
Representation of:
Arminius
Representation of:
Publius Quinctilius Varus
Representation of:
Apelles
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Sermones
(Basel 1519)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.1118