Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)
1486
Bernhard von Breidenbach (author) and Erhard Reuwich (artist)
Author, German, died 1497
Artist, German, c. 1455 - c. 1490
Artwork overview
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                Mediumbound volume illustrated with 24 woodcuts, including 7 folding plates, in a contemporary Jena binding 
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                Credit Line
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                Dimensionsoverall size (volume closed): 31.6 x 22.4 x 4.1 cm (12 7/16 x 8 13/16 x 1 5/8 in.) 
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                Accession Number2001.81.1 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Conrad Humbracht (15th/16th century).  Herzoglische Meiningischer Bibliothek (date of accession unknown); Prince Bernhard von Sachsen-Meiningen (1942 - sold 1949); Rita Bootz, Loxstedt, Germany; (sale, Hauswedell and Nolte, Hamburg, 18 June 1992, no.  351); Heribert Tenschert [1]; (Dr. Jörn Günther, Hamburg); gift to NGA, 2001.
[1] At the time of the 1992 sale, the Venice plate in this volume was incomplete.  Tenschert made up the plate with a portion taken from another first edition impression (formerly owned by Paul Hardt).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2004
- Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005 
 
   
   
    