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Object Type
book
print
Museum number
2000,U.28
Title
Object:
Ehrenpforte. Arc triomphal de l'empereur Maximilien I
Description
An album containing a late edition (Bartsch) of the Triumphal Arch, which was first printed in 1517, from 192 blocks; here printed on folio sheets from the original blocks and 18 substitute etchings by Bartsch in groups numbered 1 to 53, and letterpress text. 1799 Woodcut and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
Print made by:
Albrecht Altdorfer
Print made by:
Hans Springinklee
Print made by:
Wolf Traut
Print made by:
Adam Bartsch
Printed by:
Tranquillo Mollo
Published by:
Adam Bartsch
School/style
German
Production date
1799
Production place
Printed in:
Vienna (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
etching
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
650 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
470 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The blocks are in the Albertina, Vienna. For a complete set of the first edition, see E.5-1 Watermark: J. Brielmaier (Meder 307).
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(251.4)
(Bartsch edition 1799)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.149.138)
(cf)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.311.130)
(cf)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.238.3)
(Vienna 1799)
Rieger 2014 / Adam von Bartsch, Leben und Werk des Wiener Kunsthistorikers und Kupferstechers unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Reproduktionsgraphik nach Handzeichnungen
(123 to 125)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
genealogy
arch/gateway
Associated names
Representation of:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Acquisition date
1799-1837
(between)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2000,U.28
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 Apr 2004