Artist: Virgil Solis or Virgilius Solis (1514 – 1562), a member of a prolific family of artists, was a German draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching, and woodcut.
Title: The Haggai the prophet calls Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua to go to work and rebuild the temple (Haggai 2: 2).
Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 4 3/4".
Publisher: Bey Johan[n] Saurn.
Date: XVI C.
Materials and Techniques: woodcut on paper, letterpress verso. Originally was published being surrounded by a printed decorative frame which is cut off.  (Haggai I. Biblische Figuren deß Alten Testaments, gantz künstlich gerissen. Durch den weitberühmten Vergilium Solis, Maler und Kunststecher zu Nürnberg By Virgil Solis, 1655).
Provenance:  The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: woodcut border is cut off. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: page 138 of "Biblia Das ist: Die gantze heylige Schrifft", 1606. The woodcut was executed no later than 1560 and used in different editions. One of them was the 1560 edition resulting in a collaboration between the printer Hans Lufft 1495 - 1584 and the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger 1515 - 1586 (sometimes using and copying older woodcuts). München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. VD16 B 2750.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.