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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The decapitated body of John the Baptist and the soldier sheathing his sword are in the foreground, while John's head is carried on a platter to the table where Herod the tetrarch and his consort Herodias are seated at table in the rear -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with book and spear in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Matthias stands with book in hand and his attribute the axe, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beheading. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the blade of the axe. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Bartholomew stands with book and knife in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Philip stands with a staff with a cross at its head, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by crucifixion. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with a builder's square in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by decapitation. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the tree limb at the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Judas Thadeus stands with his attribute the club, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beating. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Simon, the Zealot stands with book in hand and his attribute the saw, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by being sawn in two. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Philip is shown here being martyred by crucifixion -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Some Christian tradition holds that the Apostle Bartholomew was martyred by being flayed alive -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Some Christian tradition holds that the Apostle James (the Greater) was martyred by being beheaded -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Some Christian tradition holds that the Apostle Simon the Zealot was sawn in two -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Jude (Thaddaeus) is martyred in this image by being clubbed to death -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Martyrdom of the Apostle James (the Less) happened by his being thrown from a parapet, according to some tradition, and then being beaten with a fuller's club -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Apostle Matthew is martyred by decapitation -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: From the Hortulus animae or Lustgarten der Seelen and based on the sketches of Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), this scene depicts the be-heading of Matthias by guillotine. According to Acts 1:15-26, he was chosen by the casting of lots to replace the Apostle Judas, who had committed suicide... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Thomas was martyred with a spear, according to some Christian tradition; the electoral and ducal arms of Saxony hang on the wall -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Some Christian tradition holds that the Apostle Peter was crucified upside-down -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: From the Hortulus animae or Lustgarten der Seelen and based on the sketches of Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), this scene depicts the crucifixion of the Apostle Andrew on a cross in the shape of an “X”. According to Christian tradition, Andrew was crucified by Aegeas, the proconsul of Patra... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle James Minor or James, the Less, stands with book in hand and his attribute the fuller's club, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by being thrown from a parapet and then beaten with a fuller's club. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the uppe...