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Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Hartmann Schedel, Albrecht Dürerpublished 1493

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Creator: Hartmann Schedel (author), Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff,and Albrecht Durer
Date Created: published 1493
Physical Dimensions: page size: 47 x 32.4 cm (18 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Raimund Fugger, Augsburg. (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 196); Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1991 to NGA.
Rights: CC0
Medium: 1 vol: ill: 1,809 hand-colored woodcuts, printed from 645 different blocks, with Latin text on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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