M. TYROFF (1704-1759), St Gregory's Fair, Holzschuher Nuremberg, around 1755, Copper engraving Martin Tyroff (1704 Augsburg - after 1759 Nuremberg): St Gregory's Mass, after the burial carpet of the Nuremberg patrician family Holzschuher, c. 1755, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "Martin Tyroff sculp:". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "TAPES QUEM HOLZSCHUHERORUM MAIORES OPTIMI A: CDCCCCLXXXXV PER NICOLAM SELBICERVN IN BELGIO CONFCIENDVM SIVSQUE MAGNINIBVS CONDE - CORANDVM CVRAVERVNT VT INSERVIRET SACRIS.QVIBVS INPRIMIS FRIDERICI HOLZSCHVHERI SVORVMQVE MEMORIA IN AEDE. SEBALDINA A DIE MARTIS FINITO AD MERCVRIVSQVE PIE COLEBATVR.". Date: c. 1755 Description: Pope Gregory I is shown celebrating Holy Mass in front of an apparition of the incarnate Christ as the Man of Sorrows, surrounded by the instruments of suffering. In some depictions, blood flows from the side wound of Christ into the chalice Source: Johann Christoph Gatterer (1727 Lichtenau-1799 Göttingen) Historia Genealogicum Dominorum Holzschuherorum, 1755 | Book, Genre Keywords: Renaissance; artwork; monochrome; Descent from the Cross; Christ; Passion; architecture; sacred; interior; clergy; clothing; reverence; mourning; depiction; sacred; hierarchy; contemporary; weighting; religious scene; interaction, 18th century, Classicism, Religious, Germany, Size: Paper: 41,5 cm x 30,6 cm (16,3 x 12 in), Depiction: 34,3 cm x 28,8 cm (13,5 x 11,3 in)