Auction 54 · Lot 303
Half-length portrait of Johann Boschenstain (Boschenstein), with Hebrew legend below. Etching. With engraver’s monogram “I. H.”
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
HOPFER, HIERONYMUS (1500-1550).
Description
Etching. With engraver’s monogram “I.H.”
summary
Boschenstein (1472-1540) was a German Hebraist and professor of Hebrew language at the University of Wittenberg.
Other examples of this early Hebrew etching are held by the German National Museum in Nurnberg and the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig.
9 x 6. 5 inches.
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