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Author: Johann Hoffer (German, 1534–1583)
Attributed to: Jakob Lucius (German, about 1530–1597)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Printer: Johann Krafft (German, died in 1578)
Attributed to: Jakob Lucius (German, about 1530–1597)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Printer: Johann Krafft (German, died in 1578)
1558
Place of Publication: Wittenberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 78 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 10.5 x 1 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number41.489
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Wittenberg: Johann Krafft, 1558
Catalogue Raisonné
British Museum, STC German, p. 409
Description(Wittenberg: Johann Krafft, 1558) Quarto; 48 leaves; eighteenth-century vellum boards.
Illustrations: the Decalogue, articles of Faith, Paternoster, Virtues and Vices, and scenes from the Passion. The woodcut of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (X, fol. A8r) is initialled and dated in the block "D.B. 1557"; the woodcutter has also initialled it "I.L.CT" with a cutter's knife. The latter has been attributed to Jacab Lucius the Elder (about 1530-1597; Hollstein, German, XXIII, pp. 17-39, but these illustrations are not cited. Further, there are other series in the book, especially the Passion, which are derivative of Dürer and other artists.
Illustrations: the Decalogue, articles of Faith, Paternoster, Virtues and Vices, and scenes from the Passion. The woodcut of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (X, fol. A8r) is initialled and dated in the block "D.B. 1557"; the woodcutter has also initialled it "I.L.CT" with a cutter's knife. The latter has been attributed to Jacab Lucius the Elder (about 1530-1597; Hollstein, German, XXIII, pp. 17-39, but these illustrations are not cited. Further, there are other series in the book, especially the Passion, which are derivative of Dürer and other artists.
ProvenanceFrancis Freeling; Richard Bright, M.D.; William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, June 12, 1941.