Pope Pius II Negotiating a Treaty with Emperor Frederic III

1493

Michael Wolgemut, Artist Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Artist Anton Koberger, Publisher

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Title Pope Pius II Negotiating a Treaty with Emperor Frederic III

Artwork Date 1493

Makers Michael Wolgemut (Artist) German, 1434-1519 Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Artist) German, 1494-1494 Anton Koberger (Publisher) German

Medium Woodcut and letterpress printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Image: 9 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (23.2 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 11 inches (35.9 × 27.9 cm)

Classification Artists Books

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S1266

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in letterpress, above image: Eenas pius papa Frideric terci romano[ ] iperator [partially lost when sheet was trimmed] Inscribed, in letterpress, below image: Parcere prostratis fecit nobilis ira Leonis | Tu quoqz facsimile quisquis regnabis in orbe [continues on verso]

Marks Stamp, in blue, verso: M. J. Morgan (Lugt 1879)

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March 1886, Mary Jane Morgan (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; Michael Wolgemut, Pope Pius II Negotiating a Treaty with Emperor Frederic III, 1493, woodcut and letterpress printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1266.

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