book;
print
- Museum number
- 1895,0122.642
- Title
- Series: Life of the Virgin
- Description
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Second plate from the series of 20 woodcuts printed by Hieronymus Höltzel in Nuremberg in 1511; showing the inside of a temple, in the centre the high priest Ruben rejecting the offering of St Joachim, a dove in a cage and a lamb, on the right St Anne standing behind St Joachim, clutching her hands, with Latin letterpress text on the verso. c.1504
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1504
- Dimensions
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Height: 297 millimetres
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Width: 210 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is the second plate from an edition by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511. It consists of a title-page and 19 illustrations, all but the last with Latin text in antiqua letterpress on the verso. It bound together with the 'Large Passion' series (1895-1-22-607 to 618) and the second Latin edition of the 'Apocalypse' series (1895-1-22-580 to 595). For further information see 1895,0122.641 (Meder 188).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Epitome In Divae Parthenices Mariae Historiam Ab Alberto Durero...
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,0122.642
