Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

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This image is in the public domain.
Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
This image is in the public domain.
Artist/Maker (German, died 1520)
Date1497
MediumDouble-sided woodcut with hand-coloring
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (28.1 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2003.18a-b
Not on view
DescriptionSingle folio from the Latin version of the Augsburg edition of the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) featuring a depiction of a Carthusian Monastery on one side and Popes Gregorius, Victor, and Urbanus on the other.
Exhibition History 2004
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Nuremberg 1493," February 28 - April 11, 2004 (no catalog) [.a image of monastery exhibited].
Provenance 2003: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from Beach Antique Maps and Prints, Toronto, Canada.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed No inscriptions noted.
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