Imago mortis

Anonymous1493

Details

Title: Imago mortis
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: 1493
Set or Series Title: Liber cronicarum ab inicio mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1962
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut
Keywords: allegory, death, human body, skeletons
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From the “Liber cronicarum ab inicio mundi” (Nuremberg Chronicle), first Latin edition, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, July 1493
Bibliography: Schreiber 5203; Hain 14508; Schram vol. 17, 567; according to M. Geisberg by the Master of the Dance of Death, Heidelberg, H. Knoblochtzer, c. 1492
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1962.27.1

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