The publication is dedicated by the publisher to King Wilhelm IV von Preussen.
References
R. Schoch, M. Mende and A. Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk ( 3 vols., 2001-2); J. Bialostocki, Dürer and his critics (1986).
Summary Note
The list of contents lists the plates in three groups: 1. Das grosse Leiden Christi. 12 Blätter; 2. Das Leben der Maria. 20 Blätter; 3. Aus der Offenbarung Johannis, aus dem Leben der Heiligen etc. 10 Blätter.
Provenance
Numbers 10-12 were received in 1860 (RA Annual Report, p. 32); Numbers 13-14 followed in 1861 (RA Annual Report, p. 24).
Binding Note
20th-century light brown buckram; black morocco spine-label lettered 'Dürer Album', spine lettered 'R.A.'
Bible, N.T.
Christian art and symbolism - Saints - Martyrs
Woodcuts - Passion cycles - Narrative art - Germany - History - 15th century - 16th century
Pictorial works - Germany - 19th century