The Second Coming, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"

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The Second Coming, from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"
The Second Coming, 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 on paper
DimensionsComposition: 14 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (36.2 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 17 5/16 × 12 1/8 in. (44 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2003.10
On view
DescriptionVerso of CCLXV from Schedel's Weltchronik (Nuremberg Chronicle). From the Latin edition published in July, 1493 which preceded the German edition published later that year.
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Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. On display September 2007 for Prof. John McEnroe's art history class.

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


Provenance November 2003: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from C.&J. Goodfriend, New York, NY
Markings Latin text on verso
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left: APG17255; inscribed in typeset at upper center: Ultima etas mundi
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