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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer, Nuremberg (1511) Source: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Citation: Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer (1511), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: d_1511b Full title Colophon to Albrecht Dürer's woodcut cycle "Life of the Virgin" with Reference to an Imperial Privilege Full title original language EPITOME IN DIVAE PARTHENICES MARI||AE HISTORIAM AB ALBERTO DVRERO || NORICO PER FIGVRAS DIGES|| TAM CVM VERSIBVS ANNE||XIS CHELIDONII || Abstract Warning, claiming an Imperial privilege - printed on the last page of self-published editions of four woodcut cycles: the new Small Passion (37 folios), and book editions of the Great Passion, Life of the Virgin, and Apocalypse (a reprint edition of 14 folios from 1497-98 that had made Albrecht Dürer famous across Europe). The commentary discusses the development of wood and copper print technologies, and their place in Renaissance aesthetics. It then assesses Dürer's seminal commercial response, centring on his "AD" monogram, engraving techniques that were hard to copy, privileges and law suits brought against copiers and reprinters. The most notorious example is an alleged dispute under Venetian jurisprudence reported 50 years later by Giorgio Vasari. This involved copies of Dürer prints by Marcantonio Raimondi, the pre-eminent engraver of Renaissance Italy, and a close collaborator of Raphael. For an example of the 74 identified Raimondi copies of Dürer, see i_1504. Bibliography "Dürer's Passions", Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (2000), URL: www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/exhibitions/featured/passion/index.html Pon, Lisa, "Raphael, Dürer, and Marcantonio Raimondi: Copying and the Italian Renaissance Print" (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004) Rott, Herbert Wilhelm, "Albrecht Dürer, Druckgraphik" (München: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, 1998) Rupprich, Hans (ed.), "Dürer: Schriftlicher Nachlass" (Berlin: Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1956) Related documents in this database Author Benedictus Chelidonius (also Benedikt Schwalbe), Albrecht Dürer Publisher Albrecht Dürer Location Nuremberg Year 1511 Language Latin Source Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Maximilian I (1459-1519) Persons referred to in commentary Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Raimondi, Marcantonio (c.1480-c.1534) Raphael (1483-1529) Places referred to Nuremberg Places referred to in commentary Italy Venice Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words counterfeit engravings, protected subject matter patronage penalties printing, history of privileges, German Imperial Renaissance, the signature Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl, Martin Kretschmer Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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