Lamb seated on an altar beneath an arch supported by four pillars.

  • Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536
Date:
[1531]
Reference:
3334580i
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About this work

Description

On the steps of the altar lie from bottom to top a wreath, sword, crown and the lamb, probably as symbols of power and (religious) sovereignty.

Publication/Creation

[Augsburg]: [1531]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut on paper; 13.7 x 15.6 cm

Contributors

Related material

print published in: Officia M.T.C.. (b31038578)
print published in: Trostspiegel in Glück und Unglück (b31038578)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer
Mounted with 3334581i
INV.2021/776

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3334580i

Ownership note

Purchased from Puttick & Simpson on 13/08/09 [13th August 1909]

Type/Technique

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