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Object Type
book
print
Museum number
1895,0122.589
Title
Series:
Apocalypse
Description
St John eating the book; handed to him by an angel clothed in clouds, with a rainbow on his head and columns for legs, and Latin letterpress text on the verso. One impression from the 1511 Latin edition of a series of 15 woodcuts. c.1498 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1496-1498
Production place
Published in:
Nuremberg
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
394 millimetres
Width:
283 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is the tenth plate from the edition printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511. For further information see 1895,0122.580 (Meder 163.b).
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(172)
(1511 Latin edition)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.128.70)
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.120)
Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900
(74)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
revelations
Associated names
Representation of:
St John the Evangelist
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Apocalipsis Cu[m] Figuris
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
N Foucquart
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.589