Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
1493
Author, German, 1440 - 1514
Artist, German, 1434 - 1519
Artist, German, c. 1458 - 1494
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528
Artist
Publisher, German, c. 1445 - 1513
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress text in Latin and 1,809 woodcuts with hand coloring printed from 645 different blocks on laid paper
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Credit Line
Paul Mellon Collection, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
page size: 47 x 32.4 cm (18 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1991.7.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Holstein, Book Illustrations, no. 9
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Raimund Fugger, Augsburg. (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 196); Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1991 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991-1992, no. 5, repro., as Map of the World and People from Faraway Lands from Liber Chronicarum.
1997
Love and War: A Manual for Life in the Late Middle Ages, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999, as "The Judgment of Solomon" from Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle by Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
2000
The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.
2001
The Treasury of Basel Cathedral, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001, no. 1.
2002
Painted Prints: Renaissance and Baroque Hand-Colored Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, The Baltimore Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum, 2002-2003, no. 7, repro (folios 1 [verso] and 111 [recto]).
2007
Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007
2012
Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012, no. 1 (only shown at NGA venue).
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
2021
Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800-1500, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2021-2022.
Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800-1500, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, 9
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.6.
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991-1992: no. 5.
2000
Hine, Robert V. and John Mack Faragher. The American West: A New Interpretive History. New Haven, 2000: 2.
2002
Dackerman, Susan. Painted Prints: Renaissance and Baroque Hand-Colored Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts. Exh. cat. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2002-2003. University Park, 2002: no. 7.
2013
Harris, Neil. Capital Culture: J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience. Chicago and London, 2013: 418, 421.