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Bookplate of Hieronymous Baumgärtner

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1522/40

Artist:

Barthel Beham
German, 1502-1540

About this artwork

The Nuremberg patrician and priest Hieronymous Baumgärtner was educated at the University of Wittenberg under Martin Luther and others, returning home a staunch Lutheran. His engraved ex libris insists on his erudition by quoting several types of memento mori imagery (the skull, hourglass, and clock), and mottos in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek commenting on the vagaries of time. A requisite addition, his central family coat of arms, includes a fleur-de-lis and a bird.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Barthel Beham

Title

Bookplate of Hieronymous Baumgärtner

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1522–1540

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 8.6 × 7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer

Reference Number

1919.2256

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