A woodcut by Gustav Koenig for the article by Martin Luther entitled “Dame Music, a Preface for all good Hymnals” (“Frau Musica, Vorrede auff alle guete Gesangbücher”) from the German book, “Martin Luthers Geistliche Lieder (Samuel Gottlieb Liesching: Stuttgart, 1848), Seite iii. The scene on the left depicts 1st Samuel 16:23; the scene on the right: 2nd Kings 3:15. Koenig’s monogram consisting of the initials “G” and “K” will be seen hanging like an ornament from the bottom-most part of the center of his etching.

A picture of Gustav König