King Solomon in Prayer from Biblia cum tabula (also called Biblia Latina or Mallermi’s Bible), Plate 53 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Date:
1498, portfolio assembled 1929
Artist:
Monogrammist b (Venice, late 15th century) printed and published by Simon Bevilacqua (Italian, active 1485-1518) original text translated by Nicolò Malermi (Italian, c. 1422–1481) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
King Solomon in Prayer from Biblia cum tabula (also called Biblia Latina or Mallermi’s Bible), Plate 53 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Place
Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date
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Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper
Inscriptions
Signed recto lower right corner, in illustration block: “b”
Dimensions
Image: 4.5 × 7.5 cm (1 13/16 × 3 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 15.2 cm (8 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
Reference Number
1938.86.53
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