US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000265
Davison Art Center 1946.D2.3.53
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
The Torch of Polia Extinguished in the Altar (leaf from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili)
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1946.D2.3.53
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
A leaf from Colonna’s “Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,” published Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499
image dimensions: 105 x 130 mm (4.1 x 5.1 in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
1499
1499
1499
Woodcut on laid paper
Anonymous
provenance
acquisition
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946
allegory
fire
mythology
torches (lighting devices)
Hain 5501; Appel, Colonna, no. 77.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000265
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
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CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj490
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=490
2022-03-31
DAC_1946-D2-3-53_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1946/DAC_1946-D2-3-53_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1946-D2-3-53_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1946-D2-3-53_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000266
Davison Art Center 1973.21.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Lion, Dragon, and Fox Quarrelling
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1973.21.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
plate dimensions: 123 x 175 mm (4.8 x 6.9 in.). Sheet dimensions: 157 x 236 mm (6.2 x 9.3 in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
ca. 1470-1490
1470
1490
Engraving on laid paper; appears to be 16th century. Watermark: Hand, 84 mm long, close to Briquet III 10653 (reversed) or 10721 (without flower)
Anonymous
provenance
acquisition
Friends of the Davison Art Center funds donated by Mr. & Mrs. Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1973
allegory
animals
dragons
foxes
Hind E. III-13 (vol. 1, p. 255), plate 405; Richard S. Field, ed., A Census of Fifteenth-century Prints in Public Collections of the United States and Canada (New Haven, CT: Print Council of America, 1995).
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000266
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
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CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj568
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=568
2022-03-23
DAC_1973-21-1_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1973/DAC_1973-21-1_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1973-21-1_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1973-21-1_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000282
Davison Art Center 1938.D1.9
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Astrology (Astrologia, no. 29)
Astrologia
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1938.D1.9
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Astrologia 38, first series
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
15th century
1400
1499
Engraving
Anonymous, North Italian (Ferrara)
provenance
acquisition
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938
allegory
early engraving
mythology
H 29a, p. 237; H.1.237.29 A, p. 135; Bartsch vol. 13, 46; E series.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000282
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1740
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1740
2022-03-23
DAC_1938-D1-9_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1938/DAC_1938-D1-9_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1938-D1-9_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1938-D1-9_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000251
Davison Art Center 1962.27.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
The Resurrection of the Dead (Imago mortis)
Liber cronicarum ab inicio mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle)
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1962.27.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
From the Liber Cronicarum ab Inicio Mundi (Liber Chronicarum, Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel, first Latin edition, published Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, July 1493
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1437-1519)
500031446
Michael Wolgemut
Wolgemut, Michael
German
1434-1437
1519
male
Created by
1493
1493
1493
Woodcut
Shop of Michael Wolgemut
provenance
acquisition
Purchase funds, 1962
allegory
death
human body
skeletons
Schreiber 5203; Hain 14508; Schram vol. 17, 567; according to M. Geisberg by the Master of the Dance of Death, Heidelberg, H. Knoblochtzer, ca. 1492; Linda C. Hults, The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996), p. 39, with an impression from the Library of Congress reproduced as figure 1.23, p. 41.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000251
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1819
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1819
2022-03-23
DAC_1962-27-1_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1962/DAC_1962-27-1_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1962-27-1_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1962-27-1_001_OA.tif
digital image
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overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000253
Davison Art Center 1957.12.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
A Lying Monk Tormented by Evil Spirits and Slanderers
Das Buch der Seusse, des gleich noch bessers den laien nit kund ist sein leben sebessern, Augsburg
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1957.12.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
From Das Buch der Seusse, des gleich noch bessers den laien nit kund ist sein leben sebessern, Augsburg, by Heinrich Suso (ca. 1295–1366), published by Anton Sorg in 1482
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
ca. 1482
1480
1490
Woodcut with hand coloring
Anonymous
provenance
Friedrich August II, 1797–1854, King of Saxony (Lugt 971)
acquisition
Purchase funds, 1957
allegory
animals
dogs
religious art
torment
C. 5688; Hind II, 298; Schreiber 5325-9; A. Schramm (vol. 4, 24), 774; Muther no. 68, plates 70–71. For more on Henry Suso (Heinrich Seuse) see José van Aelst, "Visualizing the Spiritual: Images in the Life and Teaching of Henry Suso (c. 1295–1366)” in Speaking to the Eyes: Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150–1650), edited by T. De Hemptinne, et al. (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013): 129–151.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000253
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1821
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1821
2024-02-29
DAC_1957-12-1_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1957/DAC_1957-12-1_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1957-12-1_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1957-12-1_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000254
Davison Art Center 1953.6.24
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
The Allegory of the Unfaithful Wife (Ezekiel XVI, 1–63)
Treasure Box or Shrine of the True Riches of Salvation and Eternal Blessedness (Der Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der wahren Reichtümer des Heils und ewiger Seligkeit)
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1953.6.24
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Published as figure 67 in “Schatzbehalter oder Schrein der wahren Reichthuemer des heils und ewiger Seligkeit” by Stephan Fridolin (German, ca. 1430–1498), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1491
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
Possibly by Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1437-1519)
500031446
Michael Wolgemut
Wolgemut, Michael
German
1434-1437
1519
male
Possibly by
1491
1491
1491
Woodcut with hand coloring
Anonymous, possibly Michael Wolgemut
provenance
acquisition
Gift of David Keppel (Wesleyan honorary degree 1929), 1953
allegory
Bible
Old Testament
religions
religious art
wives
Schramm 383; Schreiber 52021; Hain 14507; see DAC holdings by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for leaves from the same book (Schatzbehalter).
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000254
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1823
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1823
2022-03-23
DAC_1953-6-24_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1953/DAC_1953-6-24_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1953-6-24_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1953-6-24_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0000296
Davison Art Center 1972.17.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Images of Death (Imago Mortis) CCLXIII
The Nuremberg Chronicle [unconfirmed]
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1972.17.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
ca. 1493
1490
1499
Woodcut. Watermark: Gothic P
Anonymous
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Ronald Van Orden Perrin (BA Wesleyan 1955), 1972
allegory
death
human body
skeletons
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0000296
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1839
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1839
2022-03-23
DAC_1972-17-1_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1972/DAC_1972-17-1_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1972-17-1_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1972-17-1_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0002735
Davison Art Center 1996.1.5
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
A Fool Before and After (Ein Narr Ist…Als Eine Gan Geflogen Aus / Und Kommt mit Gagnack Weider Nack Haus)
Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff)
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1996.1.5
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
From Sebastian Brant’s Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), published in Basel by Bergmann von Olpe
image dimensions: 115 x 85 mm (4.5 x 3.3 in.). Sheet dimensions: 207 x 146 mm (8.1 x 5.7 in.).
creation
Created by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
500115493
Albrecht Dürer
Dürer, Albrecht
German
1471
1528
male
Created by
1494
1494
1494
Woodcut and type (recto); type (verso) on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Albrecht Dürer
provenance
acquisition
Olin Library transfer, 1957
allegory
animals
swine
Schreiber, Woodcuts from Books (1929), no. 27; Schreiber Manuel, V.
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0002735
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj5096
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=5096
2022-03-23
DAC_1996-1-5_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1996/DAC_1996-1-5_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1996-1-5_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1996-1-5_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0005799
Davison Art Center 1947.D1.184
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Virgin Standing on a Serpent
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1947.D1.184
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
School of Master E. S. (German or Swiss)
500009114
Master E. S.
Master E. S.
German or Swiss
School of
Possibly after Israhel van Meckenem the Younger (German, ca. 1440 - 1503)
500009306
Israhel van Meckenem the Younger
Meckenem, Israhel van, the younger
German
ca. 1440
1503
male
Possibly after
Possibly after Israhel van Meckenem the Elder (German, ca. 1465-1470)
500121291
Israhel van Meckenem the Elder
Meckenem, Israhel van, the elder
German
ca. 1465-1470
male
Possibly after
ca. 1466-1470
1466
1470
Engraving
School of Master E. S. after Israhel van Meckenem the Elder or the Younger
provenance
Lugt 1063; J.B.E. Gallice (Lugt 855)
acquisition
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947
allegory
animals
religious art
reptiles
snakes
Johann David Passavant 20 (vol. 2, p. 85); Shestack 54; L. vol. 9, 190 (189 as a variant after von Meckenem’s copy of L. 71).
No known copyright restrictions
ORID0005799
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj9264
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=9264
2022-03-23
DAC_1947-D1-184_001_249.jpg
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Media/249s/1947/DAC_1947-D1-184_001_249.jpg
digital image
thumbnail image
overall view
Thumbnail image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
DAC_1947-D1-184_001_OA.tif
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/open/images/DAC_1947-D1-184_001_OA.tif
digital image
open access image
overall view
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)