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Re: Here is a Game of "Prints"

Print "B" The Transportation Of The Holy House Of Loreto Savoy, France, 1494 This virtually unknown woodcut celebrates the miraculous transportation of the little house, supposedly the Virgin's, from its original setting in Nazareth to its present location in the town of Loreto, near Ancon...

Re: Here is a Game of "Prints"

First, the earlier one: Print "A" A Monstrance Held By Two Angels Basel, 1495-1500 These angels hold a monstrance which is a vessel in which the Eucharistic host is often kept. A similar cut appeared in "Cura Pastoralis" published in Basel, 1498, by Michel Furter. OP Note: This i...

Re: Here is a Game of "Prints"

O rats. Do I have to learn something about history, then? :( Not necessarily. As I mentioned earlier, there are several levels. Among them: It is a picture of two guys wrestling. It is a picture of the struggle for power between the offices of Pope and Emperor. It is a picture of a particular meeti...

Re: Here is a Game of "Prints"

Allegory On The Meeting Of Pope Paul II and Emperor Frederick III Ulm, 1470 or later. This is one of four known variations of this image executed in woodblock. (One a reversed copy.) In late 1468 Frederick III went to Rome to meet with Pope Paul II, in an effort to determine whose influence would d...

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