book; print

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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.29
Title: Series: Small Passion
Description: Thirtieth plate from the complete, bound series of 37 woodcuts with Latin text, printed by Hieronymus Höltzel in Nuremberg in 1511; Resurrection, with Christ standing in front of the closed tomb, holding in his left hand a flag, blessing with his right hand; the guards sleeping in the foreground, in the far background three women approaching, and text in letterpress on verso. c.1510 Woodcut
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Production date: 1510
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Dimensions: Height: 127 millimetres; Width: 99 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is the thirtieth plate from a complete copy of the series printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511, here bound as a book. The book consists of a title-page and 36 illustrations, all with letterpress text on the verso, and a final page with impressum and colophon on the recto. For further information, also on the woodblocks, see Meder 125 (1896-1-25-1-37).
Bibliographic references: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (154) (1511 text edition); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.120.45); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.7); Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.215); Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900 (105)
Location: Not on display
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Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Associated with: Benedict Schwalbe
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Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1896,0125.1.29

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