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Possible Printer's Device of Wolfgang Stöckel

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A woodcut depicting Saint Jerome in prototypical fashion, kneeling before a crucifix and smiting himself on the chest with a stone. It also includes two of the other 'attributes' that typically occur in his portraits: the lion and the cardinal’s hat. The printer, Wolfgang Stöckel may have used it as a kind of printer's device, and some have characterized it as a loose copy of the work of Wolf Traut.

Date Issued or Published
1519
Subject - Topic/Names
Crosses
Crucification
Lion
Hats
Printing
Printers' marks
Printers
Jesus Christ
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Possible Printer's Device of Wolfgang Stöckel
Date Issued or Published
1519
Description
A woodcut depicting Saint Jerome in prototypical fashion, kneeling before a crucifix and smiting himself on the chest with a stone. It also includes two of the other 'attributes' that typically occur in his portraits: the lion and the cardinal’s hat. The printer, Wolfgang Stöckel may have used it as a kind of printer's device, and some have characterized it as a loose copy of the work of Wolf Traut.
Publisher
Stoeckel, Wolfgang, active 1496-1525
Place of Publication
Leipzig (Germany)
Contributor
Eck, Johann, 1486-1543
Subject - Topic/Names
Crosses
Crucification
Lion
Hats
Printing
Printers' marks
Printers
Jesus Christ
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
13 x 9.5 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
printer's marks
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Excusatio eckij : ad ea que falso sibi Philippus Melanchton gra[m]maticus Vuittenbergen[sis] super theologica disputatione lipsica adscripsit.
Local Call Number
1519 ECK A
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Emory University
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Pitts Theology Library
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