Rare-Antique Master Print-AUGSBURG-CONFESSION-BROADSHEET-Boeck-Miller-c.1730

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‘VARIOUS GERMAN INSCRIPTIONS THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING: ?JOH: FRI. BOECK FECIT / ET EXCU A. V.?; ?CHRISTOGH [SIC] MILLER / INV. ET DEL.?’

– Monumental allegorical composition in the form of a triumphal arch, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530. Includes portraits and references to key figures in the Reformation, such as Luther and Melanchthon, and symbolic personifications of Protestant doctrine.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 34.8 x 84.5 cm (13.7 x 33.27 inch). Image size: 34.8 x 84.5 cm. (13.7 x 33.27 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Sheet split in two, visible tear along join. Some loss of image. Several printers creases. Overall light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AUGSBURG CONFESSION, REFORMATION, LUTHER, MELANCHTHON, PROTESTANTISM, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, GERMAN ENGRAVING, CHURCH HISTORY | PCO-B8-34

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Boeck, Augsburg ca. 1730. Very rare.

Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 2014.786.

Biography engraver: Johann Friedrich Boeck was a German engraver and publisher active in Augsburg between 1730-1762. .

Biography artist: Christoph Miller was an 18th-century German designer active in Augsburg around 1730.

Additional information

Dimensions 84 × 34 × 1 cm

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