Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen
1515
Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536
Author, German, died 1230
Printer
Daniel Hopfer and Burchardus Biberacensis, Provost of Ursperg (author)
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 1 white-line woodcut illustration on title page, white-line woodcut initials throughout, and a printer's device
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 32.3 x 22.2 x 3.6 cm (12 11/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2012.25.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 148 and 154
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Froben, Graf of Helfenstein [b. 1573], ownership inscription on title. (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); purchased 2012 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2012
Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012 (only shown at NGA venue and not in catalogue).
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XV, nos. 148, 154.
2009
Metzger, Christof. Daniel Hopfer: ein Augsburger Meister der Renaissance : Eisenradierungen, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen, Waffenätzungen. München: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung; Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2009, nos. 156 and 157.
Inscriptions
in brown ink on spine: Abbatis/Ursperg/Chronic; in graphite on spine underlined: Eleohter; inside upper cover in red ink: V.I.II.; in graphite upper left: 0599/DON; upper center underlined: WORLD CHRONICLE / BURCHARDUS - Provost of Ursperg / Chronicon abbatis Ursperger.../First complete edition Augsburg. 1515; center: ADAMS C 1517. / STC. German p. 169; lower cover in graphite upper left: collated / NLR/6/99; upper right: HBS 31336D/ 1116 (circled) / c.p. / JC BOLTD / 10/99/ cx168 / 7xJS/-