book;
print
- Museum number
- 1895,0122.655
- Title
- Series: Life of the Virgin
- Description
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Fifteenth plate from the series of 20 woodcuts printed by Hieronymus Höltzel in Nuremberg in 1511; in the yard of a ruined house the Holy Family resting on their flight into Egypt, with St Joseph mending a wooden trough, the Virgin sitting and spinning, the cradle with the sleeping infant Christ next to her, various putti and angels assisting, with Latin text in letterpress on verso. c.1502
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1502
- Dimensions
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Height: 301 millimetres
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Width: 210 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is the fifteenth plate from a complete copy of the series printed 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. This copy is 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 1895-1-22-641 (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
- 1895,0122.655
