M1941: Thodas the Magician gave counsel to the King that he should mislead his son - Scene from the Story of Jehosophat and Barlaam
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M1941
- People
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Anonymous Germany (Augsburg) 1476, German
- Title
- Thodas the Magician gave counsel to the King that he should mislead his son - Scene from the Story of Jehosophat and Barlaam
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Story of Jehosophat from the Bible. Augsburg, G. Zainer, c.1475
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Augsburg
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/251216
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Inscriptions and Marks
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(not assigned): written on old mat: Almost certainly in the type of the undated (1475-1476) Bible printed by Gunther Gaine at Augsburg. See BM Cat III note on type 118 p.34
Schramm, Der bilderschmick der furhdrucker II nos 585, 566, 588 From: Johannes Damascenus, Barlaam and Josaphat
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(not assigned): written on old mat: Almost certainly in the type of the undated (1475-1476) Bible printed by Gunther Gaine at Augsburg. See BM Cat III note on type 118 p.34
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- M1941
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim
Verification Level
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