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Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Printer: Johann Weissenburger (German, active 1501–1534)
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Printer: Johann Weissenburger (German, active 1501–1534)
1514
Place of Publication: Landshut, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 14 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 19.8 x 14.5 x 0.5 cm (7 13/16 x 5 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number63.558
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Landshut: Johann Weissenburger, 1514
Catalogue Raisonné
Murray, German, 44 (1512 ed.)
Description(Landshut, Johannes Weyssenburger, 1514) Quarto; 14 leaves; unbound, boxed in beige paper boards, blue leather spine.
Illustrations: thirteen woodcuts of dying man attended by others [same cuts as in 43.1333], plus woodcut of St. Michael weighing souls attributed to Wolf Traut (fol. C4r)
Illustrations: thirteen woodcuts of dying man attended by others [same cuts as in 43.1333], plus woodcut of St. Michael weighing souls attributed to Wolf Traut (fol. C4r)
ProvenanceDavis & Orioli, London, from whom purchased by MFA, May 8, 1963.