Anton Tucher the Elder writes from Nuremberg to Friedrich the Wise regarding the preparation of different stamps for minting coins. There is a problem with the production of the stamped image and he requests that Cranach be sent to Nuremberg.

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Production date: 1508 (undated, October 7?)

Repository: Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar
Location / Date: Nuremberg (n.d.)

Signature: Ernestinisches Gesamtarchiv, Reg. Aa 2299, Bl. 11r/v.

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Ernestinisches Gesamtarchiv, Reg. Aa 2299, Bl. 11r/v.

CDA ID: DE_ThHStAW_EGA_Reg-Aa_2299_11r_v
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_ThHStAW_EGA_Reg-Aa_2299_11r_v/

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Heydenreich 2007 A

409, no. 28

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Year of Publication	2007
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf

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Schade 1974

404, no. 47

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Scheidig 1953 A

157, no. 6

Author	Walther Scheidig
Title	Urkunden zu Cranachs Leben und Schaffen
Publication	in Heinz Lüdecke, ed., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Der Künstler und seine Zeit
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1953
Pages	156-177

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Gümbel 1926

52-53, no. 12

Author	Albert Grümbel
Title	Der Kursächsische Kämmerer Degenhart von Pfeffingen, der Begleiter Dürers auf der 'Marter der zehntausend Christen'
Series	Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte
Volume	238
Place of Publication	Strasbourg
Year of Publication	1926

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Bruck 1903

333

Author	Robert Bruck
Title	Friedrich der Weise als Förderer der Kunst
Series	Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte
Volume	45
Place of Publication	Strasbourg
Year of Publication	1903

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Schuchardt 1851 A

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Erster Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd1

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Anton Tucher the Elder writes from Nuremberg to Friedrich the Wise regarding the preparation of different stamps for minting coins. There is a problem with the production of the stamped image and he requests that Cranach be sent to Nuremberg., 1508 (undated, October 7?)

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[ab Bl. 11 unten]
... und wiewol die notturft erfordert, zu der silberin muntz vnnd den groschen der zwen ainen guldin gelten, auch ainen sonndern stempfel zu graben vnnd zu geprauchen, so hat sich doch Krug des aus angetzeigten beschwerden in kainen weg belesten wollen. Vnnd so dann e[uer] gn[aden] camerer, Degenhart von Pfeffingen, oder e[uer] gn[aden] maler mit der zeit gen Nurmberg komen wurden, soll bey mir kein vleis erwynden, gedachten Krug neben denselben Pfefinger vnnd maler zebereden, sich diser arbeit verrer zu vnder fahen, wiewol ich nit zuversichtig bin, solichs bey ime zu erheben. ...

Transcription by: Heydenreich, Gunnar; Lücke, Dietrich; Lücke, Monika
Transcription Date: 2014

Comments

Anton Tucher reported to the elector of Saxony about the developments regarding the production of a die with his portrait by Hans Krug in Nuremberg and about the state of affairs regarding the minting of coins. One passage regarding the alteration of a die pertains to Lucas Cranach, here mentioned only as the 'painter'. The die cutter will not alter the image without his assent. In addition the letter addresses some questions on the trade of copper.

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