Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf
published 1622
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9348
Art Historical Context
**Exempel und Lehr Jetiger Welt Lauf** Andreas Bretschneider III 1622, etching* National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection Created in 1622 by German engraver Andreas Bretschneider, this etching captures the moralistic spirit of early 17th-century Europe the escalating Thirty Years' War. The title, translating roughly to "Examples and Lessons of the Current Course of the World," suggests didactic print offering pointed commentary on contemporary society—perhaps satirizing folly, vice, or the fleeting nature of worldly pursuits. Bretschneider, part of a family of Augsburg-based printma...