Auction 316: Prints | 25 May 2023
Hans Hersbach

The rank dispute of the disciples

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Hans Hersbach
Tätig um 1552-1580 in Köln
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##Jesus in the circle of the disciples, with a child by the hand, answers the question who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven##
Printing Block. (c. 1580). 10,5 x 14,1 x 2,5 cm. Woodcut block for: Jacobum Feuchthium. Postilla Catholica Evangeliorum de Sanctis totius Anni. Das ist: Catholische Außlegung aller Fest und Feyertäglichen Evangelien durch das gantze Jar. Printed by Gervinus Calenus (active around 1578-1588) and Johann Quentel Erben (active around 1578-1580), 1580 in Cologne.

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Vgl. Nagler Monogrammisten III, 1064.

Provenienz:
Aus der Sammlung des Fürsten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Maihingen;
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.

Description

Holzdruckstock zu: Jacobum Feuchthium. Postilla Catholica Evangeliorum de Sanctis totius Anni. Das ist: Catholische Außlegung aller Fest und Feyertäglichen Evangelien durch das gantze Jar. Gedruckt durch Gervinus Calenus (tätig um 1578-1588) und Johann Quentel Erben (tätig um 1578-1580), 1580 in Köln. Der Holzduckstock beschreibt die Bibelstelle “Wenn ihr nicht werdet wie die Kinder” (Matthäus 18, 1-4). – Verso mit einem Abzug des Holzschnitts auf Bütten. In gutem Zustand. Selten!

Period

15th-18th Century

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