Michel Wolgemut’s workshop woodcut leaf, “Family of St John the Baptist”, 1493

Workshop of Michel Wolgemut (Michael Wolgemut) (1434–1519) (viz. Michel Wolgemut, along with his stepson, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff [1460–1494], and Wolgemut’s apprentice, Albrecht Dürer [1471–1528])

Three woodcuts with accompanying letterpress Latin rubricated text on laid paper from Hartmann Schedel’s (1440–1514) “Liber Chronicarum” (aka “World Chronicle”; “Nuremberg Chronicle”), published in Nuremberg (Norimbergae) by Anton Koberger (aka Antonius Koberger) (1445–1513) in 1493:

(recto) “Family of St John the Baptist”, 1493;

(verso) “Strabo”—a Roman geographer and philosopher, 1493;

(verso) "Zachary and Elisabeth”—the parents of St John the Baptist, 1493.

These prints may be viewed online in the context of “Liber Chronicarum” at archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/A335107/page/n211/mode/2up and

https://archive.org/details/A335107/page/n209/mode/2up.  

Size: (sheet) 22.2 x 15.2 cm.

Condition: richly inked and strong lifetime impressions (based on the lines showing no sign of wear to the printing plates). The sheet has been trimmed from the full leaf and is in excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling these strong 15^th century woodcuts (recto and verso) executed in Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer’s lifetime, for AU$277 (currently US$203.67/EUR170.24/GBP152.94 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing these Renaissance period woodcuts showing the family of St John the Baptist and accompanied with rubricated Latin text, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold