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Johannes Ernst Spangenberg (c. 1755–1814), “Religious Text for Jacob Schäfer”, Easton area, Nor…
Religious Text for Jacob Schäfer
Johannes Ernst Spangenberg (c. 1755–1814), “Religious Text for Jacob Schäfer”, Easton area, Nor…
Johannes Ernst Spangenberg (c. 1755–1814), “Religious Text for Jacob Schäfer”, Easton area, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, c. 1785–1790, Ink and watercolor on two sheets of paper, 14 x 17 in., Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Museum purchase made possible with major funds provided by Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, a generous donation from Karin and Jonathan Fielding, and further support from Lucy and Mike Danziger, Barbara Gordon and Steve Cannon, Joan Johnson, and Renata Jasiul Ferrari and Brett A. Robbins, 2019.1.1. Photo by American Folk Art Museum.
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Religious Text for Jacob Schäfer

Artist ((c. 1755–1814))
Place createdPennsylvania, Massachusetts
Date1785–1790
MediumInk and watercolor on two sheets of paper Bound in Martin Luther, BIBLIA, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments, (nach der Deutschen Übersetzung, Verlag Johann Georg Cotta, Tübingen, 1739), large folio, original full dark brown calf with gold tooling
Dimensions14 x 17"
Credit LineMuseum purchase made possible with major funds provided by Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz, a generous donation from Karin and Jonathan Fielding, and further support from Lucy and Mike Danziger, Barbara Gordon and Steve Cannon, Joan Johnson, and Renata Jasiul Ferrari and Brett A. Robbins
Accession number2019.1.1
ClassificationBooks/Manuscripts/Information Artifacts
CopyrightThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.
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