[Leopold von Ranke, 1795-1886, bust, facing slightly right] – Antique Print
![[Leopold von Ranke, 1795-1886, bust, facing slightly right] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a365f6aa473f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Leopold von Ranke, 1795-1886, bust, facing slightly right], preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Leopold von Ranke, 1795-1886, bust, facing slightly right]
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Leopold von Ranke, the German historian who helped establish modern scholarly method in history, is the figure this wood engraving sets out to present, shown in bust form and turned slightly to the right. Ranke taught at the University of Berlin for decades and built his reputation on insisting that sources be examined critically and that the past be described as it actually happened, a phrase he made famous. Portraits like this one circulated widely in the nineteenth century as a way of honoring scholars whose work shaped university teaching well beyond Germany. The record does not give a date for the engraving, so its exact origin is uncertain, but Ranke's long life, which spanned 1795 to 1886, places the period of his greatest influence squarely in that century.
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,933 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121916 |
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