Coat of Arms of Scheurl and Tucher Families

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Wolf Traut

Associated Names
Wolf Traut

Artist, German, c. 1486 - 1520

This image features a central female figure draped in flowing garments, holding hands with a goat-headed creature. On her other side is a figure in armor with horns on their helmet. Above them are intricate patterns of foliage and birds, with grapes hanging from vines. Heraldic shields with symbolic engravings, such as a lion and a human profile, are prominently displayed. Latin text fills the spaces around the figures, providing context to the scene with phrases and classical references.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut with letterpress text on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 29 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.4 × 27.6 cm (15 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 96, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1949; gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Vol. XCIV (Wolf Traut, Dieter Beaujean, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2019, no. 96, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

in block, above image: HIC SCHEVRLINA SIMVL TVCHERINAQ SIGNA REFVLGENT / QVAE DOCTOR GEMINI SCHEVRLE PARENTIS HABES; outside of block on all sides, in letterpress: [biblical quotations and other text]

Watermarks

small bull's head with T cross

Wikidata ID

Q65087525

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