Author: Urs Graf (c. 1485-1529)
Title: Antique book illustration, woodcut | The chief priests and Pharisees taking counsel, published 1506, 1 p.
Description: Among the first works known by Swiss master Urs Graf.The chief priests and Pharisees taking counsel; six male figures in Jewish costume in right foreground, Christ and the aspostles in left background, landscape background. Illustration to Matthias Ringmann, Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi..., published in Strasbourg by Johann Knoblouch in 1506.Monogrammed at bottom, VG.[NL] Hogepriesters en Farizeeën beraadslagen. Middeleeuws blad uit 1506 met houtsnede van Urs Graf (c. 1485-1529). Zeldzaam. Middle Ages. Woodcut on paper, text in letterpress on verso. Total: 218 x 154 mm; mounted on fine cardboard passepartout, despite a tiny water stain on the bottom right of the plate, in good condition. Hollstein 69.6.

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