book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1895,0122.585
Title: Series: Apocalypse
Description: The opening of the fifth and sixth seals; above, an angel dispenses white robes to the martyrs, and underneath, a shower of flaming stars falls on the innocent on the left and the guilty on the right, with Latin letterpress text on the verso. One of 15 illustrations of the 1511 Latin edition. c.1497-8 Woodcut
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Production date: 1497-1498
Production place: Published in: Nuremberg
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Dimensions: Height: 393 millimetres; Width: 281 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is the sixth plate from the second edition of a series printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511. For further information see 1895-1-22-580 (Meder 163.b).
Bibliographic references: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (168) (1511 Latin edition); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.128.65); 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.116); 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: 1895,0122.585

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