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From 9/20 through 9/23, visitors may only enter through the John R entrance. All other entrances, plus the museum grounds, Kirby St and Farnsworth St will be closed during this time for Concours d'Elegance.

Pope Pius II Negotiating a Treaty with Emperor Frederic III, 1493

  • Anton Koberger, German
  • Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, German, 1494-1494
  • Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519

Woodcut and letterpress printed in black ink on laid paper

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

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1266

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

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]

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)

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.