print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1895,0122.491
Description: The ascension of Christ; the Virgin and apostles kneeling around a mount above which Christ's feet and the lower part of his cloak are still visible. Illustration to Ulrich Pinder, 'Speculum Passionis domini nostri Ihesu christi...', Nuremberg: Friedrich Peypus, 1507. Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: Hans Schäufelein; Printed by: Friedrich Peypus
School/style: German
Production date: 1507
Production place: Printed in: Nuremberg
Materials: paper
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: Height: 235 millimetres; Width: 158 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (735); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.17.28); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.253.34)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ascension
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Apostles; Illustration to: Ulrich Pinder
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Donated by: William Mitchell
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,0122.491

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