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idprint_117
titleJerusalem / Destruccio Hierosolima
makerWohlgemut, Michael
date1493
size25.3 x 53.3 cm.
techniqueWoodcut
conditionSuperb!!, the usual centrefpold,with small old glue stain at verso. the (4) small binding holes not (yet) filled in. A claer and strong impression, on nice and strong paper, with generous margins. Top of sheet shaved & worn, not affecting the image. Sheet height measuring 41.7 cm.This is pp. 63-64 from the Nuremburg Chronicle.("Liber Chronicarum")
signatureNot signed as usual
colouringUncoloured
descriptionA dramatic and early panoramic view of a "destroyed" Jerusalem , an impressive woodblockprint taken from the first ever published secular book .This is one of the first printed imaginary views of Jerusalem, depicted as a circular walled city dominated by Solomon's Temple. Six of the city gates are named, including David's Gate, also called Gate of the Pisans, after the twelfth-century crusaders from the city of Pisa. This illustration is one of more than 1,800 woodcuts in Liber cronicarum, commonly known in English as the Nuremberg Chronicle, a history of the world from Creation to the time of the volume's publication (1493). It is the most celebrated illustrated book, and, after the Gutenberg Bible, the most important printed book of the fifteenth century. The woodcuts were made in the workshop of Michael Wohlgemut during the apprenticeship of Albrecht Dürer, and it is speculated that Dürer may have participated in their production. Very fine and most decorative. We think we do not have to emphasize it's true rarity.... In the same book another fine view of Jerusalem was incorporated.
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