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
Author
Ludolph of Saxony
(German, 1295–1378)
Printer
Claes Leeu
(South Netherlandish, active circa 1484–1488)
DateNovember 20, 1488
MediumInk on paper; hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (24.1 x 17.5 cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number62.1.1/4
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ProvenanceFred Werther, Baltimore, Maryland, no. 530 (stamped in black ink on bottom left of recto); [Ferdinand Roten Galleries, 123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; purchased by NCMA on February 13, 1962.
Master of Étienne Poncher
circa 1490–1500
Johann Rhau-Grunenberg
Published in 1522; woodcut created in 1520
Alex Harris
1998; printed 2006