Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles)
Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles)
Artist
Michel Wolgemut
German, b. between 1434-1437, d.1519
Printer
Anton Koberger
German, ca. 1445-1513
Author
Hartmann Schedel
German, 1440-1514
Artist
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
German, 1458/1460 - 1494
Place of OriginNuremberg, Germany
DateJuly 12, 1493
DimensionsPage: 41.9 × 31.1 cm (16 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)
17 × 12 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (43.2 × 31.8 × 7 cm)
17 × 12 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (43.2 × 31.8 × 7 cm)
Mediumprinted book with woodcut illustrations
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1920.542
Not on View
Dackerman, Susan, editor, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2002, cat. 7.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 128, repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryAnn Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Durer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice, Sept. 19-Oct. 17, 1971.Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.
Label TextIllustrated with 1809 woodcuts from 645 woodblocks.
about 1500
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