book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1895,0122.588
Title: Series: Apocalypse
Description: The four angels of Death; above, God in Heaven is holding two trumpets, in the foreground the four angels are attacking with their swords a knight, pope, and ordinary people,and Latin letterpress text on the verso.One of 15 illustrations of the 1511 Latin edition. c.1496-8 Woodcut
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Production date: 1496-1498
Production place: Published in: Nuremberg
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Dimensions: Height: 395 millimetres; Width: 282 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is the ninth plate from a complete 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 (171) (1511 Latin edition); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.128.69); 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.119); 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: 1895,0122.588

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