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Object Type
book
print
Museum number
1904,0206.37
Description
'Dialogi Platonis...Bilibaldo Pirckheymero Interprete'; book of Plato's supposititious works, printed by F Peypus in Nuremberg in 1523, with a title-border woodcut, adapting freely Albrecht Dürer's decorative strapwork ornaments of 'knots' of c.1507. 1523 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
After:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1523
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
198 millimetres
Width:
125 millimetres
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Curator's comments
Although the title-border can be linked to all six knot-designs (Meder 274-279), it appears to be closest to Meder 279.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(279)
(copy)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.160.145)
(copy)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.293.59)
(copy; cf)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.147)
(wrongly illustrated; copy)
Location
Not on display
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Dialogi Platonis...Bilibaldo Pirckheymero Interprete
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Acquisition date
1904
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1904,0206.37