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THE VIRGIN APPEARING TO ST. JOHN
Circa 1511
The cover page of the series “The Apocalypse”
No monogram
Signature:
Apocalipsis cü Figuris (Apocalypse with Pictures)
350×218 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
1511
No watermark
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2202
Comments:
a cover page with a woodcut image and with Latin text on the back; a 1511 edition (M. 163, в, II)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
Inv. Г-2203 on paper with a watermark: large city gate (М. 260, 1511). A very rare impression, made before the publication with the text on the back (such impressions exist only in Berlin, Brunswick, Vienna and Leipzig). But the sheet is strongly trimmed, only the image is left
Plate:
Bautzen City Museum
