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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Coat of Arms of Wigeleus von Fröschel, Bishop of Passau is a 1503 ink by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woodcut shows a bishop’s coat of arms with a bishop’s staff and a frog on a shield, all outlined in black and colored by hand. The frog is the odd detail—it’s a pun on the bishop’s name, which means “little frog” in German. The print is from 1503, over 500 years old. Hand coloring makes each copy unique. Try looking up woodcut prints by Albrecht Dürer next.
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German artist, born in Augsburg.
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