Auction 83 · Lot 174
The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent. Hand-colored woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth and Hanns Pleydenwurff from Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE)
Place
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493
summary
The Blood Libel allegations of 1475 relating to the Christian infant named Simon, led to the extermination of the Jewish community of Trent. Simon was later beatified. See EJ, Vol XV cols. 1374-75.
Tipped to mat. 11 x 14 inches (28 x 40.5 cm).
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