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Erasmus Ebner.

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  • MEDIUM: Mezzotint,

    DATE: c.1687.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/8 x 4 11/16" (16.3 x 11.8 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: "DN Erasmus Ebner. Reipubl: Patriae Senator A. 1536. Postmodum bucss BRun Swicensis, ut et Eduardi Sexts, Regis Anglice Consseiarius. Natus Norimbergae A. 1511.Denatus Helmstady. Anno 1577." Engraved by Michael Fennitzer, fec. engraver & mezzotinter, born Nuremberg 1641, died Wittenberg 1702. 'Foolscap' watermark paper. The Ebner crest is seen on the wall left side. Statesman Ebner is writing: "Qua fruitur per me tell us Brunonia, pacem Alme deus patrice tu quoqs redde mece.." <BR><BR> Handsome early mezzotint. Listed in Hollstein as "Erasmus Ebner, Poet in Nuremberg."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

  • REFERENCE: Listed in F. W. H. Hollstein, German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts c.1400-1700, volume VIII.

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