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Collection: Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer
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St Bridget's account of her experiences of "celestial revelations" of Christ's life, the Last Judgment, her own "mystical marriage" to Christ, and divine instructions to found the Brigittine Order. Although the 29 woodcut illustrations for this…
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In this woodcut from the Apocalypse series, Dürer illustrated the beginning of Revelation chapter 14 along with several elements described in earlier chapters of the biblical account.
BRA1066
The dynamic power of Dürer’s woodcut technique is evident in this print from the Apocalypse series. The woodcut depicts the sounding of the sixth angel’s trumpet, which released a plague of armed horsemen and four avenging angels from the Euphrates…
AFM9502
Dürer published the Apocalypse, a book with fifteen full–page illustrations, in German and Latin editions of the biblical text in 1498. With these prints Dürer transformed the “popular” woodcut craft into an art form of immense descriptive and…
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The "Nuremberg Chronicle," a history of the world from the Creation to the year 1493, was the most profusely illustrated book printed during the fifteenth century. Scholars seeking to identify illustrations that might have been contributed by Dürer…
06963
On his return trip to Nuremberg from Basel, Dürer traveled to Freiburg im Breisgau, where he provided the design for this striking title page woodcut. The image consists of two woodblocks: one for the lady holding the printer’s armorial device, which…
06017
The immediate impact of Dürer’s St. Jerome frontispiece of 1492 is evident in this woodcut of St. Ambrose, printed in Basel later the same year. Similar to the St. Jerome in conception but less sophisticated in its placement of objects on the floor,…
07030
Dürer’s first verified book illustration, a woodcut of St. Jerome removing a thorn from a lion’s paw, was published in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler in 1492. Dürer’s composition exerted considerable influence on frontispiece illustration in the region.…
07042/A
This book has the earliest woodcut associated with Albrecht Dürer, which would have been done when he was an 18 year old apprentice in Michael Wolgemut's workshop.
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The most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century was the “Nuremberg Chronicle,” issued in Latin and German editions. Also published by Dürer’s godfather, this history of the world from its creation to the year 1493 included 1,809…
06628
Another work published by Koberger. This devotional written by Stephan Fridolin narrates 100 events in the life of Christ with 91 woodcut illustrations by Michael Wolgemut, who taught Dürer starting in 1486.
06196
Noted for its striking woodcut illustrations, this book recounts a pilgrimage to the Holy Land undertaken in 1483–1484 by Bernhard von Breydenbach, Dean of Mainz Cathedral. Accompanying the pilgrims was Erhard Reuwich, a Dutch artist who provided…
06171
Dürer’s godfather, Anton Koberger (c. 1445–1513) created the most important illustrated book produced in Nuremberg during Dürer’s youth, this two-volume German Bible. The woodcuts used in this book originally were produced in Cologne for Heinrich…
07081
Single leaf from a German blockbook showing an illustration from the Book of Revelation. Woodblock print with hand coloring. Blockbook's lively apocalyptic imagery, derived from earlier manuscripts, provided Dürer’s generation of artists with useful…
BRMS 111
Illuminated manuscript with psalms to be recited over the course of a week. There are large gilt initials and an illuminated portrait of King David. This Psalter highlights the quality of manuscript illumination which is conservative. Evidently…
BRA1068
The most important German artist before Albrecht Dürer was Martin Schongauer. Schongauer’s prints were the first to combine the elegant naturalism developed by the early Netherlandish painters with the graphic clarity offered by the new medium of…
BRA1087
Woodcut of St. Jerome in his cell surrounded by books, writing implements, a devotional Crucifix, and a faithful lion who guards his studious retreat. Dürer also included symbolism in the broad cardinal's hat and fur-lined robes, books, hourglass,…
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