Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530

Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530

Johann Gottfried Boeck

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Broadsheet with a representation of a Triumphal Arch in honor of the 200th anniversary of the so-called Augsburg Confession of 1530. The triumphal arch consists of four tiers, crowned by the figure of Christ as Savior on top of an armorial trophy. Represented in the arch are various people who played an important role in the Reformation of the Church. To explain the theological program of the triumphal arch, various blocks of text have been added to the plate.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530Broadsheet in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.