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drawing
;
album
Object Type
drawing
album
Museum number
1923,0717.2.35
Description
Illustrated manuscript, 'Die Offenbarung Jesu Christi'; fol. 35; recto: table 'O', bordered by roundels of a candlestick ('wort') and angel ('geist'), manuscript below. 1535 Verso [numbered 14]: the Christ Child standing upon an altar, inscribed ‘Wort’, with the shewbread. 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. Nuremberg, fol. 55 verso.
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
religious object
christ child
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
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
1923,0717.2.35