print
- Museum number
- 1897,1231.30
- Title
- Object: Stabius
- Description
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An impression taken in 1781 of the coat of arms of Johannes Stabius, with an eagle on the shield surmounted by a helmet and another eagle, in the upper left corner a laurel wreath, in the upper right corner an ornament constructed from intertwined trees, compass, and pair of tongs, in the top centre the word Stabius, below the woodcut three lines of letterpress. c.1514-18
Woodcut and letterpress
- Production date
- 1514-1518
- Dimensions
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Height: 328 millimetres (printed area)
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Height: 297 millimetres (woodcut)
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Width: 195 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 193 millimetres (woodcut)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The woodblock is in the Albertina, Vienna. As the inscription states, this impression was taken from the block in Vienna in 1781.A preparatory drawing by Dürer for the Stabius coat-of-arms was published by Dodgson in 1903 in 'Mittelungen der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Künste', pp.57ff.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1897,1231.30
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1972,U.1093
