drawing; album

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Object Type: drawing; album
Museum number: 1923,0717.2.27
Description: Illustrated manuscript, 'Die Offenbarung Jesu Christi'; fol. 27; recto: table 'F', bordered by roundels of an angel ('Geist') and star ('wort'), manuscript below. 1535 Verso [numbered 6]: the ascension, with above the enthroned Trinity; below, two figures: at right, St Thomas. Drawings in pen and brown and black ink with watercolour and bodycolour; manuscript writing in ink of various colours
Producer name: Drawn by: Paul Lautensack
School/style: German
Production date: 1535
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 203 millimetres (approx. page size); Width: 154 millimetres (approx. page size)
Curator's comments: For extended commentary on the manuscript see 1923,0717.2.1. Verso: cf. Berlin, fol. 53 verso; more elaborate version, also Berlin-Dahlem, Kupferstichkabinett, KdZ. 867.
Bibliographic references: Rowlands 1993 / Drawings by German artists and artists from German-speaking regions of Europe in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: the 15thC & 16thC by Artists born before 1530 (420)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: new testament; old testament; revelations; ascension; christian saint/martyr; trinity
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: St Thomas; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Apostles; Representation of: Trinity
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Bernard Quaritch (Purchased by BM for £32 - 11s)
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Max Rosenheim (sale Sotheby's, 10 May, 1923, lot 363, bought by Quaritch for £31)
Acquisition date: 1923
Acquisition notes: There is a collector's book label stuck to the verso of the first leaf: "ROSENHEIM COLLECTION/No. A3/33".
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1923,0717.2.27

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