Luther Finds the Latin Bible in the University Library at Erfurt

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Luther Finds the Latin Bible in the University Library at Erfurt

c. 1857

John Sartain (American (born England), 1808–1897) After Gustav Ferdinand Leopold König (German, 1808–1869)

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Object Details

Titles:

Luther Finds the Latin Bible in the University Library at Erfurt
Intended as the Title Page for J. H. Merle D'Aubiné, The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, in Germany, Switzerland and France, trans .David Dundas Scott , Vol I. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: W & W. H. Freeman, 1857)

Date:

c. 1857

Artists:

John Sartain (American (born England), 1808–1897) After Gustav Ferdinand Leopold König (German, 1808–1869)

Medium:

Etching (proof of an unfinished print)

Dimensions:

Image: 4 3/8 × 3 5/8 inches (11.1 × 9.2 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 inches (24.1 × 15.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Miss Harriet Sartain, 1947

Accession Number:

1947-59-72

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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