The Emblem

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The Emblem

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Date
1493
Medium
woodcut
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
142691

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In Christian belief, God speaks the world into existence, creating it and ruling over it. This woodcut is one of over 1,000 images in the Nuremberg Chronicle , an early printed book narrating the history of the Christian world. Amid creeping vines and pillars of cloud, God sits enthroned, lips parted and hand upraised in a gesture of speaking. He holds an orb as a sign of his authority over the universe. The scroll above him reads: “For he [God] spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created. Psalm 22.” Here, God is eternally powerful.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
Provenance
?–1966: Leona E. Prasse [1896-1984], Rocky River, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | November 5, 1966–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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