Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)

1486

Bernhard von Breidenbach (author) and Erhard Reuwich (artist)

Associated Names
Bernhard von Breidenbach

Author, German, died 1497

Erhard Reuwich

Artist, German, c. 1455 - c. 1490

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume illustrated with 24 woodcuts, including 7 folding plates, in a contemporary Jena binding

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    overall size (volume closed): 31.6 x 22.4 x 4.1 cm (12 7/16 x 8 13/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.81.1

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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

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