book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1895,0122.582
Title: Series: Apocalypse
Description: St John's vision of the seven candlesticks; in the centre God sits on a rainbow in Heaven, holding in his right hand seven stars, a sword issues from his mouth, in the lower left corner St John kneeling, with Latin text in letterpress on the verso. One of 15 illustrations of the Latin 1511 edition. c.1496-8 Woodcut
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Production date: 1496-1498
Production place: Published in: Nuremberg
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Dimensions: Height: 394 millimetres; Width: 282 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is the third plate from an edition printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511. For further information see 1895,0122.580 (Meder 163.b).
Bibliographic references: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (165) (1511 Latin edition); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.127.62); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.6); Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.113); Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900 (74)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,0122.582

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