Illustration preceding Book 3 | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G5106
People: Anonymous Germany 1500, German
Title: Illustration preceding Book 3
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Illustration from St. Bridget's "Celestial Revelations"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1500
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276815

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Woodcut

Inscriptions and Marks

(not assigned): written on old mat: Pass description is not quite correct, or at least ambiguous. 5 pages from an edition of the "Revelations cohesive of St. Bridget of Sweden. From one of the Nuremberg editions? Brunet describes 3, two by Anton Kobengen, of 1500 and 1517, another at 1502. The first edition is by Barth, Gothane, Rubec 1492 2 vols 46 lines Lotu editions published in Rome and elsewhere (K)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: P. III p. 185 no 9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G5106
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: 5 sheets: This is number 1 out of 5

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