Michel Wolgemut (1434-1519) Lot n° 38

Michel Wolgemut (1434-1519) - Pentecost - 1493 / Description: Old colored woodcut from the first edition of Hartmann Schedel, "Liber Cronicarum", printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg on 12 July 1493. Saint Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by the apostles. Maria has a book on her lap. The Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, is depicted under the canopy of Mary's throne. The wood blocks were designed by Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their assistants, including the young Albrecht Dürer, who was apprenticed to Wolgemut at the time. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, godfather of Dürer. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90. Since the young Dürer was working in the workshop in the years 1486-1489 when many of the early designs for the Chronicle were made he might be involved. / Dimensions: 16,50 x 11,20 cm / Condition: Excellent condition. With the original Latin letterpress above and on the backside of the woodcut from the first edition. / Literature: Liber Chronicarum, here a first edition , printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg on 12 July 1493 in old coloring. The luxury editions in old coloring are mentioned in literature and were of the most expensive. / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1493 320