22 - Claes De Grave - The Passover - Antwerp, 1516

Claes De Grave - The Passover - Antwerp, 1516 Description: Post Incunabula sheet. Woodcut showing the ceremonial dinner, with friends and family before the exodus of Egypt. This Woodcut published in Antwerp bij Claes De Grave in 1516 is directly based on the woodcut sequence used in the first bible in Low German (Niederdeutsch), the Bible of Cologne: [Heinrich Quentell, c. 1478]. Most of the woodcut compositions of Quentell's Bible correspond in their turn closely to a manuscript bible produced in Cologne circa 1460, which may in turn reflect a common source (Info from: Bridwell Library Special Collections, Dallas).---------- The Bibel int Corte (Thez Bible in Short) is known as one of the earliest Dutch-language bible editions. It was contested for it's fantasy of content. In 1518 The Franciscan Jan Elen wrote: Laet achter duytsche bibelen die onvolcomelic ende ooc valschelic sijn overgheset uten latine, ende historien ende legenden die dicwils niet waer en sijn, ende ander materien die u niet noot en sijn te weten, mer dicwils scadelic sijn. ---------- Early and important woodcut in line of history of woodcut art. Woodcut made before 1513 (first edition). 100% match with the 1516 edition (See Library of Congess example) Dimensions: 9,50 x 13,00 cm Condition: Condition is very good. Size of the sheet 22,30 x 16,40 cm Literature: De Bibel int corte ghetranslateert. Wten laine ende walsche metten figueren.[Antwerpen, Gheprent bi Claes de Graue, 1516] Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Grave, Claes De, Date: 1516 (Image of page 89) Medium: Woodcut Date: 1510-1516