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Adam's Descendants, from the Liber chronicarum, or Weltchronik (The Nuremberg Chronicle)


Hans Pleydenwurff; Michael Wolgemutt, Adam's Descendants, from the Liber chronicarum, or Weltchronik (The Nuremberg Chronicle), 1493, woodcut on paper, Gift of Peter and Linda Parshall, public domain, 2001.79.8

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Title

Adam's Descendants, from the Liber chronicarum, or Weltchronik (The Nuremberg Chronicle)

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Artist

Hans Pleydenwurff (German, 1420-1472)

Michael Wolgemutt (German, 1434/1437-1519)

author Hartman Schedel (German)

Date

1493

Period

High Renaissance (late 15th-1520s)

Medium

woodcut on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 14 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; sheet: 17 in x 11 3/8 in

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

German

Credit Line

Gift of Peter and Linda Parshall

Accession Number

2001.79.8

Copyright

public domain

Terms

genealogical tables

paper

relief printing

relief prints

Renaissance

woodcut

woodcuts

Place Made

Created in: Nuremberg

Description

Woodcut, from Liber chronicarum, or Weltchronik, by Hartmann Schedel, Anton Koberger, Nurenberg, 1493; Latin edition.

History
Exhibitions

2004 Sacred and Secular: Renaissance and Baroque Prints Portland Art Museum

2009 Word and Image/Word as Image Portland Art Museum

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