454AA

The Shield of Faith

Artist: Workshop of Paul Hurus (active between 1484 and 1499; d. 1505)
Title: The Shield of Faith
Date: 1494
Medium: Woodcut. Illustration on folio IIIIv of Andres de Li (d. 1521), Thesoro dela passion sacratissima de nuestro redemptor, whose colophon reads: La presente obra fue acabada enla insigne y muy noble ciudad de Caragoça de Aragon: por industria y expe[n]sas de Paulo hurus aleman de Co[n]stancia: a dos dias del mes de octubre: enel año dela humana saluacion. Mil quatrocie[n]tos noue[n]ta y quatro. This woodcut was copied or reprinted throughout the 16th century in several Spanish editions of the Flos Sanctorum and in French Books of Hours published by Thielman Kerver (active 1497-1522).
Photo Source: Library of Congress Website
Item: 454AA or 1431A

Correspondences: Archive: 1431A/1431B; Archive: 1431A/1431B; Archive: 1431A/1431B