The Martyrdom of Saint John, 1498

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series Title

The Apocalypse of Saint John (1498 Latin edition)

Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions

block: 39.2 x 28.3 cm (15 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

sheet: 45.3 x 31.2 cm (17 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Print Purchase Fund (Horace Gallatin and Lessing J. Rosenwald)

Catalogue Raisonné

Meder 1932, no. 164

Accession Number

2008.109.2

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Image Use

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Provenance

Dr. Carl Gaa [1871-c.1925], Mannheim; (his sale, Boerner, 6 May 1926, no. 436); acquired by Félix Somary [1881-1956], Zurich, via Joseph Meder; by descent to heirs of Somary; Gustav Laube; by descent to the heirs of Laube; (August Laube, Zurich); purchased by NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Gaa, C., Dr.
Laube, August
Luabe, Gustav

Bibliography

1932: Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.