Detail View: Wetmore Print Collection: The Apocalypse #01 of 16 -- 3rd frontispiece -- Virgin & Child Appearing to St.John as He Writes his Revelations

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