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Metamorphoseon (Metamorphoses)
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
Formerly attributed to: Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480 to 1485–after 1526)
Printer: Johann Schott (German, 1477–1548)
Illustrated by: Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
Formerly attributed to: Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480 to 1485–after 1526)
Printer: Johann Schott (German, 1477–1548)
1515
Place of Publication: Strassburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 21.9 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.374
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1515
Catalogue Raisonné
C. Schmidt, Martin & Jean Schott (Strassburg: 1893), p. 21, no. 29; Hollstein 252 (Baldung).
Description(Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1515) Quarto; 252 leaves; half blind-stamped pigskin, wooden boards; tan cloth box.
Chiaroscuro woodcut border in red-orange and black on title page, attributed to Hans Wechtlin. Though unsigned, title border is given to Hans Baldung (see Hollstein, where it is described as used in 1513 for Adelphus, Sequentiarum luculeta interpretatio).
Chiaroscuro woodcut border in red-orange and black on title page, attributed to Hans Wechtlin. Though unsigned, title border is given to Hans Baldung (see Hollstein, where it is described as used in 1513 for Adelphus, Sequentiarum luculeta interpretatio).
ProvenanceContemporary ownership inscription (?) on title page; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), his bequest to MFA, April 8, 1964.