COLLECTION NAME:
Wetmore Print Collection
Record
Filename:
FW-0350a.jpg
Creator:
DURER, Albrecht
Creation Date:
1511 (1st frontispiece 1498, 2nd 1501, 3rd 1511)
Primary Creation Century:
16th Century
Title:
The Apocalypse #01 of 16 -- 3rd frontispiece -- Virgin & Child Appearing to St.John as He Writes his Revelations
Object Type:
print
Medium:
woodcut
Donor:
Fannie Wetmore, 1928; Donated 1928, purchased from F. Meder (Manhattan “Dealer in Old and Rare Prints”) in 1900 for $36, documented by receipt in our Wetmore archives
Dimensions:
39x28
Descriptive Notes:
(apocalipsis cum fig.) (this print was added to series for 2nd edition - inscription on print: APOCALIPSIS CU FIGURIS
Comments:
Christianity, Biblical events, end of the world, Madonnas, saints, frontispieces , series
Box Number:
Box22 print 14
