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Image: Altar with Virgin and Child, St. Christopher, St. George, St. Barbara, and St. Catherine

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Altar with Virgin and Child, St. Christopher, St. George, St. Barbara, and St. Catherine

1520 (possibly a restrike printed later)
16th century

Albrecht Altdorfer, German, (ca. 1480–1538)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Woodcut on probably wove paper
Edition: Possibly a Dershau restrike
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Baron Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (Lugt 2773, Lugt 2368 6)
Bibliography: Bartsch 50 (vol. 8, p. 78); Hollstein 53; W. 90c
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940
Accession Number: 1940.D1.2

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  • altars - Use for constructions upon which religious sacrifice is offered. Includes both small, tablelike fixtures and larger, free-standing, outdoor structures. For the surface at which communion is celebrated in Protestant churches, use "communion tables." [September 1993 related term added. March 1993 descriptor moved. October 1991 scope note changed.]
  • Bible
  • designs - Specific conceptual schemes for the organization or appearance of graphic works, objects, structures, or systems. For proposed undertakings or creations in general, including works of art or architecture, or for the actual carrying out of such proposals, use "projects." [May 1993 related term added. January 1991 alternate term added.]
  • mothers
  • New Testament
  • religions
  • religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]
  • restrikes - Impressions made from a printing surface or a die after the original edition or issue has been completed; refers especially to prints and to coins. [December 1992 descriptor added.]
  • Saint Christopher
  • Saint George
  • saints - Related Term

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