Frontispiece with Triumphal Arch with Christ and the Apostles, 1705

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series Title

Historischer BilderBibel, Fünffter Theil... des Neuen Testaments (Augsburg, 1705)

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 31.4 x 20.2 cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

sheet: 33.7 x 20.8 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 685

Accession Number

2011.139.111

Artists / Makers

Johann Ulrich Kraus (artist) German, 1655 - 1719

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in image: Ich bin die Schür zu den Schaafe; (apostles' names etc. sprinkled throughout architecture); lower left in plate: Cum Grat: et Privil: Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis; lower right in plate: Joann Ulrich Krausen del. scul. et Excud.

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 685