Wild Animals Devouring a Monk | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M4060
People: Anonymous Germany (Augsburg) 1476, German
Title: Wild Animals Devouring a Monk
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Illustrations from Hieronymus, Saint, Altväter. Augsburg, P. Berger (?), c.1488
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 15th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Augsburg
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/251478

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Woodcut

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Sch. 4220

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year: 1929
Object Number: M4060
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim

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