The Coming of the Anti-Christ, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"

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The Coming of the Anti-Christ, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"
The Coming of the Anti-Christ, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"
Artist/Maker (German, 1434 - 1519)
Artist/Maker (German, c. 1460 - c. 1494)
Author (German, 1440 - 1514)
Publisher (German, c. 1445 - 1513)
Datepublished July 1493
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsSheet: 17 × 12 in. (43.2 × 30.5 cm) Composition: 14 × 8 in. (35.6 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2003.11
On view
DescriptionVerso of CCLXII from Schedel's Weltchronik (Nuremberg Chronicle). From the Latin edition published July, 1493 which preceded the German language edition published later that year.
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Alternate Titles The Coming of the Antichrist before the Last Judgment
Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Permanent Collection," February 19 - April 15, 2007(no catalog).

2004
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Nuremberg 1493," February 28 - April 11, 2004 (no catalog).

Provenance 2003: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from C. & J. Goodfriend, New York.
Markings Latin text on verso
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower center: APG17254; inscribed in typeset at upper center: Septima etas mundi
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