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Creation Date
1493, likely hand colored in the 19th century
Geography
Germany
Culture
German
Medium
Hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions
With frame: 21 1/8 × 16 3/8 × 9/16 in. (53.6 × 41.6 × 1.4 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.17
Provenance
According to Professor Sarah Blick, this print was purchased by her parents sometime before 1964, possibly in Paris in the mid-1950s, when they were there on her father's (Boris Blick's) Fulbright.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Rubber stamp on back of frame: "DENIS CONLEY GALLERY / 754 Kenmore Blvd. / AKRON, OH 44314 / Phone: 216-753-2022"
Creator Biography
Georg Alt, German, ca. 1450–1510 (translator to German).
Michael Wolgemut, German, ca. 1434/37–1519 (original illustrator).
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, German, ca. 1450–1494 (original illustrator).
Sebald Schreyer, German, 1446–1520 (original commissioner).
Sebastian Kammermeister, German, 1446–1503 (original commissioner).
Hartmann Schedel, German, 1440–1514 (original writer in Latin).
Description
Page from the German translation of the Nuremberg Chronicle, which details the story of human history in terms of the Bible. The page features two illustrations, with a Christian king shown in the top right and a medieval European town in the bottom left.