print
- Museum number
- 1897,1231.31
- Title
- Object: Stabius
- Description
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Eighteenth-century impression 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. c.1514-18
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1514-1518
- Dimensions
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Height: 296 millimetres
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Width: 192 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The woodblock is in the Albertina, Vienna.This impression was taken from the block in Vienna, according to Dodgson, later than 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
- 1897,1231.31
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1972,U.1095
