Albrecht Dürer
Saint John before God and the Elders

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Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)German, 1471–1528

CultureGerman

Titles

Saint John before God and the Elders
from The Apocalypse

Datec. 1496–1498, Latin edition published 1511

PlaceGermany

MediumWoodcut on laid paper, state III/IV

DimensionsBlock: 15 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (39.1 x 27.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 1/16 in. (39.5 x 28.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning

Object number92.79

Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings

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PRINTS

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: On verso: illegible, erased pencil inscription along top edge. Text on sheet verso. Inscribed in pencil on undermat recto, lower right corner: "7500." On overmat verso, center bottom edge: "BARTSCH 63: Meder, Hollstein 166." Watermark: flower and triangle/ ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) ST. JOHN BEFORE GOD & the Elders from the Apocalypse, 1st edition 1511, Latin text, verso."

Catalogue raisonnéThe Illustrated Bartsch (Commentary) X.1001.331.263; The Illustrated Bartsch (Albrecht Durer) X 158.63; Meder Vol.12 154.166; MFA Boston 1971 43.31; Kurth 1963 42.108; Hollstein German VII.137.166

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