06017

Title

Subject

Description

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, this print has been attributed to Dürer himself, although most scholars now assign it to an anonymous artisan in Basel.

Creator

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, –397 and Amerbach, Johannes, 1441?–1513, printer

Source

06017. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (d. 397). Opera. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1492.

Relation

Beginnings

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, –397 and Amerbach, Johannes, 1441?–1513, printer, “06017,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed September 11, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1877.