In Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiacae Enarrationis Libri octo.
Medium
Woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (41 x 27.2 x 4.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.83
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department, where we showcase *In Claudii Ptolema Geographiacae Enrationis Libri oct*, a remarkable 1525 edition of Ptolemy's ancient geographical treatise. Printed on March 30, 1525, in Strasbourg by Johann Grüninger under the scholarly oversight of humanist Willibald Pirckheimer, volume revives the 2nd-century AD Greek scholar's *Geography*. Adorned with intricate woodcut maps and illustrations by Renaissance masters Albrecht Dürer and Daniel Hopfer, it measures 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 x 1 3/4 inches and exemplifies the fusion of science ...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer|Daniel Hopfer|Claudius Ptolemaeus|Willibald Pirckheimer|Johannes Koberger|Willibald Pirckheimer|Johann Grüninger · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...