Constancia
Prints
SCHEDEL HARTMANN
1493
Constancia
Prints
SCHEDEL HARTMANN
1493
800.00 €
(Verona,
Italy)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1493
- Place of printing
- Nuremberg
- Engravers
- SCHEDEL HARTMANN
- Keyword
- Costanza
Description
Woodcut, mm 203x518 (sheet 440x596), verso with latin text related to the "Concilium of Constance" and seven little woodcuts including popes and kings. A good example with usual restorations at center.<BR>From "Liber Chronicarum", a milestone of illustrated travel-books and one of the most famous books of the 15th century. The engravings are all by Michael Wohlgemuth, teacher of Albrecht Duerer. his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and some are attributed to Duerer when he was young.<BR>The views from "Liber Chronicarum" or "Nuremberg Chronicle" as it is commonly referred to, are among the earliest realistic obtainable views in the market. <BR>
