![Leaf from Das Narrenschiff (Latin: Stultifera Navis) by Sebastian Brant (1458-1521): The Mechanics of the Ship [fol. CXXXVIIIr-v]; Imprint: Printed in Basel by Johann Bergmann de Olpe, March 1, 1497](/internal/media/dispatcher/8819/preview)
Leaf from Das Narrenschiff (Latin: Stultifera Navis) by Sebastian Brant (1458-1521): The Mechanics of the Ship [fol. CXXXVIIIr-v]; Imprint: Printed in Basel by Johann Bergmann de Olpe, March 1, 1497
Author
Sebastian Brandt
German, 1458–1521
Printer
Johann Bergmann de Olpe
Swiss, 1455–1532
Translator
Jakob Locher
German, 1471–1528
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471–1528
DateMarch 1, 1497
Mediumink on paper, hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions8 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.6 x 14.3 cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number62.1.1/6
On View
Not on viewProvenanceFred Werther, Baltimore, no. 826 (stamped on leaf recto, bottom left); [Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland]; NCMA purchase on February 13, 1962
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Sebastian Brandt
June 1, 1497
![Woodcut title page from Von Menschenlehre zu meiden (Avoiding the Doctrines of Men) by Martin Luther (d. 1546) [fol. 1r-v]; Imprint: Printed in Wittenberg by Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, 1522](/internal/media/dispatcher/8268/thumbnail)
Johann Rhau-Grunenberg
Published in 1522; woodcut created in 1520
![Leaf from a missal (use unknown) with the mass for the vigil of Saint Andrew the apostle and commemorations of saints Saturninus, Chrysanthus, Maurus, and Daria (November 29) [Sanctorale, p. clxxi]
Imprint: Printed in Basel circa 1470–80](/internal/media/dispatcher/17603/thumbnail)
![Leaf from Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi (Latin: Vita Christi) by Ludolph of Saxony (d. 1378): “Of that message from the angel and how Mary received that blessing from God” [Ch. 5]; Imprint: Printed in Antwerp by Claes Leeu on November 20, 1488](/internal/media/dispatcher/15503/thumbnail)
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
circa 1450–1460