Allegory of Philosophy

Allegory of Philosophy
 1502
folio A6 verso in Quatuor Libri Amorum (Four Books of Love) by Conrad Celtis. Nuremberg Sodalitas Celtica, 1502, 2nd edition

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Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
woodcut illustration
Measurements
21.8 × 14.7 cm (image) 25.6 × 18.6 cm (folio)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Schoch 269.2
Accession Number
3656-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
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Gallery location
Not on display

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