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Adoration of the Kings: AD.5.22-115

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Adoration of the Kings

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht (After)
Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Copy in reverse after Altdorfer's woodcut for the series 'The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ'

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Note

Not the documented copy by Balthasar Jenichen

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 74 mm Width 50 mm
Sheet Width 53 mm Width 76 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AA
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 115
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: copy of
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark
  • Text: AD.5.22-14
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped black ink
  • Type: Fitzwilliam Museum mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-115
Primary reference Number: 309072
Bartsch: 10 undescribed copy
Winzinger: 35 undescribed copy
New Hollstein (German): W. 10 undescribed copy
Lugt: 2475

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 12 July 2022 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Adoration of the Kings" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/309072 Accessed: 2024-05-06 17:20:58

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