Templum Salomonis (Solomon’s Temple).

Estimate: $300–$400
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

SCHEDEL, HARTMANN

Place

Nuremberg, first edition 1493

Description

Half-page woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Depiction of Perugia, Italy on verso.

references

NLI archive: https://www.nli.org.il/he/maps/NNL_ALEPH002368176/NLI#$FL54265983. Laor 1124.

summary

Beneath the depiction of the temple are nine Biblical figures including Kings Jerobam, Nadav, Baasha and Bela. Evidently, the irony of depicting Israelite kings bearing royal orbs with crosses was lost on the artist.

13.5 x 12.5 inches (35 x 32 cm).

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