Title

The martyrdom of Simon of Trent, 1493 (1849).Artist: Pierre Wolgmuth

Caption

The martyrdom of Simon of Trent, 1493 (1849). Simon of Trent was a boy from the city of Trento, Italy, whose disappearance (and assumed death) in 1475 was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community. A 19th century version of an original 15th century manuscript illustration in Liber Chronicarum (the Nuremburg Chrronicle), by Hartmann Schedel, held at the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels, Belgium. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Séré and A Rivaud, Volume I (Paris, 1849).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1849

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C37_424

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (5,9Mb) / 14,9in x 13,0in / 4456 x 3913 (300dpi)

Keywords

people child children religious infant religion crime death medieval infancy Judaism Jewish century murder concept killing B&W slaughter JEW MONOCHROME engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages martyr nineteenth century 15th century The Print Collector fifteenth century martyrdom martyred murdering slaughtering Simon of Trent engraving Ferdinand Paul A Paul Lacroix Lacroix Ferdinand Sere Sere A Rivaud Rivaud Pierre Wolgmuth Pierre Wolgemuth Wolgmuth Pierre Wolgmuth P Wolgemuth Pierre Paul Lacroix Ferdinand Sere A Rivaud engraving engraving