A woodcut from the workshop of Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, made in 1493 as an illustration to Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, showing a seated monk reading beside a flower chalice, with printed text identifying him as Bede the monk and historian. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.
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Classification
Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Physical Form
MediumWoodcut, workshop of Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, 1493, Rijksmuseum 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Beda, Liber Chronicarum, Rijksmuseum (Wolgemut/Pleydenwurff workshop, 1493)
Depicts
Bede, Figures The Rijksmuseum's own curatorial description states that the woodcut's printed text identifies the reading monk as Bede.
Source Beda, Liber Chronicarum, Rijksmuseum (Wolgemut/Pleydenwurff workshop, 1493)
Sources
1. Beda, Liber Chronicarum, Rijksmuseum (Wolgemut/Pleydenwurff workshop, 1493)
Rijksmuseum- Rijksmuseum RP-P-2016-49-85-1
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A woodcut from the workshop of Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, made in 1493 as an illustration to Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, showing a seated monk reading beside a flower chalice, with printed text identifying him as Bede the monk and historian.
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