Building the Tower of Babel, page LX from the Koberger Bible
Unknown German, German
1483
Hand colored woodcut on paper
Impression: 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (12.1 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 in. (21.3 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.957.163.1
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2014
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Mary Coffey, Joy Kenseth, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
Durer and Related Works, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1971.
Figures and Structures: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 2-March 10, 1996.
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1957.
Catalogue Raisonne
The Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 84, p. 318.
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