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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Ecce Homo. (Small Passion, 20). Around 1509. Woodcut, 128 x 97mm. (monogrammed)
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Ecce Homo. (Small Passion, 20). Around 1509. Woodcut, 128 x 97mm. (monogrammed...

Title Page to Plutarch: De his qui tarde. (translated and published by Willibald Pirckheimer, Nuremberg, printed by Peypus, 30 June 1513). Woodcut, 196 x 126mm (fol. A3r.)
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Title Page to Plutarch: De his qui tarde. (translated and published by Willibald...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Multi-block woodcut (192 blocks), overall size 3410 x 2920mm. The Triumphal Arch is one of the largest prints ever produced. It was commissioned by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519). The programme was devised by the court historian and mathematician, Johann Stabius, who explains underneath that it was constructed after the model of 'the ancient triumphal arches of the Roman Emperors'.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Multi-bloc...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Upper part of the middle gateway: the gateway of Honour and Might. Reduced in size. From the heavy garland of the laurels, from which cranes are picking at berries, hangs a jewel, which is composed of a casket and a winged woman with a crown.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Part of the centre gateway in its original size.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Pedestral of the right hand middle column.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Base of the right hand middle column. Cranes with shells, vine leaves with pea pods bursting, sirens (symbolic of the vice of lust, which the Emperor resisted, when he gave the prize of honour), a wreath of lilies of the valley. Above is plainly visible the beginning of another block, cut by a different hand.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Shaft of a column with vine stems and rams heads with suspended jugs, which belong to the chain of the order of the same name (Kannenorden).
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Griffin striking fire with iron and flint belonging to the insignia of the order of the Golden Fleece.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Capital and ornament over the niche of the left central column. The corners of the capital are not made of volutes but of lions' heads, and in the centre is a crane. The eagle of the escutcheon is badly drawn and not in perspective.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Base of the right-hand corner column featuring putti riding dolphins. Portrait of Saint Arnulf of Metz.
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...

Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Capital of the right-hand corner column. Portrait of Margrave Adalbert (Albrecht) the Victorious (died May 26, 1055 in Melk).
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Triumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 3...