Leaf from the “Ninth German Bible”: folio CCCCIv, from Ezekiel 23–24; Imprint: Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger, February 17, 1483
Printer
Anton Koberger
German, Nuremberg circa 1445–1513
DateFebruary 17, 1483
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionsoverall: 14 15/16 × 10 3/16in. (38 × 25.9cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LineReby Lewis Purchase Fund
Object numberG.62.9.9
On View
Not on view[L. Humphrey, “The People’s Collection, Reimagined,” 2024]
Provenance[Ferdinand Roten Galleries, 123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; NCMA purchase, March 12, 1962 (as a pair with G.62.9.10).Published ReferencesJustus Bier, "Early Book Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events, (May 1962), mentioned on unnumbered page; also in "Catalogue of Early Book Art," cat. nos. 19-20.
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), listed 62-63.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Early Book Art,” May 1962, then traveling, cat. nos. 19-20.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," January 16, 2024-July 1, 2024.
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