Master of the Delbecq writing passion

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As a master of Delbecq writer Passion is Flemish woodcutter referred to the 1475 or 1490 a series of woodcuts with scenes of the Passion has created. First, in modern times, a series of 20 of these woodcuts glued into a manuscript was rediscovered. It got its name after the previous owners. The manuscript had been in the possession of Jean-Baptiste Delbecq from 1833 and was acquired by Ludwig Schreiber in 1890. More woodcuts of the series were found later.

The woodcuts were used, for example, in books published by the Flemish publishers and printers Adriaen van Berghen 1500, Jansz van Woerden 1518 or Henrich Eckert van Homberch 1518.

literature

  • Wilhelm Molsdorf (Ed.): The Dutch woodcut passion Delbecq-Schreiber. Part 1 (single-sheet prints of the 15th century, no.12), Strasbourg 1908
  • Wilhelm Molsdorf (Ed.): The Dutch woodcut passion Delbecq-Schreiber. Part 2 The complete episode and its German copies . Text by G. Gugenbauer (18 study sheets dkk study library in Linz), Strasbourg 1912
  • Paul Heitz (ed.): Complete woodcut series of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion after the first Antwerp print by Adriaen van Berghen from 1500 . Strasbourg 1932
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Delbecq writing passion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish artist of the Middle Ages
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century