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The Angel showing John the New Jerusalem: P.3322-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Angel showing John the New Jerusalem
The Angel with the Key of the Bottomless Pit
The Apocalypse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1511

Note

Latin edition without letterpress on verso.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Image Height 392 mm Width 281 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AD
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3322-R
Primary reference Number: 99026
Bartsch: 75
Illustrated Bartsch: 75
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .275
Meder: 178
Hollstein (German): 178 (3)
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 126
Briquet: 6485
Meder: 127 (watermark section)
Old object number: 36.1.44
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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