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Conrad Meyer
1618-1689
Wahrhafte Contrafet etlicher Hocherleüchteter Herren durch welche Gott in den Letsten Zeiten, sein Heilig Evangelium klahr durch den finsteren Nebel Menschlicher Satzungen her für Leuchten Lassen / Aus Liebe der Wahrheit in Kupfer gebracht durch Conrad Meyer Mahler in Zürich.
Published
Zurich, [1675]
etching
9 9/16 x 5 10/16 in. (243 x 147 mm.)
Peel 0010
Notes
Title plate for a series of portraits etched by Conrad and Johann Meyer, published in Zurich in 1675, possibly including portrait print Peel 0009.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Above the title, two angels hold open a book inscribed 'Biblia Sacra'. Under image are inscribed quotations from the Bible. See Matthew XXIV, 35 and 1 Peter I, 25.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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