Hierosolyma, Templum Salomois [“Solomon’s Temple, Jerusalem”].

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

SCHEDEL, HARTMANN.

Place

Nuremberg, first edition 1493 (or later)

Description

Half-page woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth, from the Nuremberg Chronicle.

references

Laor 1123.

summary

An quasi-symmetrical depiction of Jerusalem at the height of its grandeur, with Solomon’s Temple in the heart of the city. Verso contains text describing the ‘Second Era of the World’, and depicts construction of the Tower of Babel.

17 x 11 inches (43 x 28 cm).

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