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Hartmann Schedel (author), Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff,and Albrecht Durer

Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), 1493

Not on View

Medium

bound volume with letterpress text in Latin and 1,809 woodcuts with hand coloring printed from 645 different blocks on laid paper

Dimensions

page size: 47 x 32.4 cm (18 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Holstein, Book Illustrations, no. 9

Accession Number

1991.7.1

Artists / Makers

Hartmann Schedel (author) German, 1440 - 1514

Michael Wolgemut (artist) German, 1434 - 1519

Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (artist) German, c. 1458 - 1494

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Anonymous Artist (artist)

Anton Koberger (publisher) German, c. 1445 - 1513

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Provenance

Raimund Fugger, Augsburg. (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 196); Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Drouot, Hôtel
Mellon, Paul

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.

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.

1991: 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.