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Introductory text to Icones Sacrae
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
1604
Medium/Technique
Letterpress with woodcut border
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis sheet is the explanatory text to the 1604 Hamburg issue of 38 (of 40) of Altdorfer's woodcuts of the Fall and Salvation of Mankind. The edition, published by G. L. Frobenius, inaccurately attributes the woodcuts to Albrecht Dürer.
Alberti Dureri Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae : in historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Mariae filium instauratae, quae singulas selectissimi flores ex verbo Dei & s. patrum scriptis decerpti exornant. ([Hamburg : G.L. Frobenius], 1604): [A2 r-v]
Alberti Dureri Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae : in historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Mariae filium instauratae, quae singulas selectissimi flores ex verbo Dei & s. patrum scriptis decerpti exornant. ([Hamburg : G.L. Frobenius], 1604): [A2 r-v]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTES:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTES:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.