St. John with the Angel

Anonymousca. 1465

Details

Title: St. John with the Angel
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: ca. 1465
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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1938
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut with hand coloring in green, yellow, and red on laid paper
Keywords: Bible, Old Testament, religions, religious art, Saint John, saints
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Fragment from block book of The Apocalypse, chapter 19: 9–10. From edition V (plate 39, upper portion); copy of a Netherlandish original, ca. 1420 (cf. Th. Musper, “Die Urausgaben” text p. 43, illustrated plate 39)
Dimensions: Sheet dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm (5.12 in. x 7.87 in.).
Bibliography: Schreiber (IV, 207) 39 iv; Palmer (1992?); “Derives from a copy of Apocalypse V which may have originally been in the Palatine collection, Heidelberg; in its original state it formed part of a Sammelband…” (see letter from Nigel F. Palmer, Oxford College, in DAC correspondence file, Sept. 28, 1991)
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1938.D1.26

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