Ultima etas mundi [The Last Judgement]

The Last Judgement from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel printed 1493 in Nuremberg.

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Description

The Last Judgement, one of the most sought-after woodcuts of the Book of Chronicles or Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, also called Schedel's World History or Nuremberg Chronicle.

The well-known woodcut shows Christ as the judge of the world over the deceased and as the saviour of their souls. Throned on a rainbow, the globe at his feet with lily and sword at his ears. Mary and John the Baptist pray at his side for the deceased, below two angels. The deceased rise from their graves, most of them join the train of the blessed to paradise, Peter stands at the gate with the key. The damned are pulled into hell by devils.

Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff were woodblock cutters of the illustrations of Schedel's World Chronicle. Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice in Wohlgemut's workshop between 1486 and 1490, so the young Dürer was most likely involved in the woodcutting work, since some of his illustrations for his Apocalypse show a remarkable similarity.

Details

Cartographer	Hartmann Schedel
Title	Ultima etas mundi [The Last Judgement]
Publisher, Year	Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Plate Size	36.0 x 22.5 cm (14.2 x 8.9 inches)
Sheet Size	41.0 x 29.3 cm (16.1 x 11.5 inches)

Condition

Upper right corner restored in the white margin, lower left corner restored just into the picture frame and redrawn.

Cartographer

Hartmann Schedel was born 1440 in Nuremberg. He studied in Leipzig and Padua several disciplines also Physics, Medicine and Laws. Neither his social position nor his business made him famous, but his major work the so called Schedel's World Chronicle. The incunable was issued 1493 in Latin, followed by the German edition in the same year. It contains more than 1800 woodcuts out of Michael Wolgemut woodcut shop. Albrecht Dürer completed an apprenticeship with Wolgemut around 1490, so even Dürer may has worked on these woodcuts. Many of the illustrations showing cities the first time ever. In 1497 the Small Schedel was printed by Johann Schönsperger in Augsburg, a reduced version of the Nuremberg print also smaller in size. Schedel died 1514 in Nuremberg.

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The Last Judgement from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel printed 1493 in Nuremberg.

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