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1576 Rare bible woodcuts, Stimmer, Genesis 48 & 49

1576 Rare bible woodcuts, Stimmer, Genesis 48 & 49

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Genesis XLVIII: “Vordeitung des Segens durch kreuz Christi”

Genesis XLIX. “Weissagung vom Kuensugen Messia”

19.6 x 15.3 cm

Woodcut leaf from the scarce work by Tobias Stimmer:

Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien/grüntlich von Tobia Stimmer gerissen: Und [...] durch J.F.G.M.(J. Fischart, gen. Mentz) [...] bei Thoma Swarin. Basel 1576.

Woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer (Swiss, Schaffhausen 1539–1584 Strasbourg).

Woodcuts within separately-printed figurative frames, with letterpress titles and verses by Johann Fischart accompanying each image.

Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 - 4 January 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Stimmer followed Hans Holbein the Younger, but developed his own mannerism.

Minor age toning.

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