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Lower Portion of the Entryway to the Right Portal (Die Porten des Adels); and the Outer Right Sockel of the Central Portal, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Hieronymus Andreae|Hans Springinklee|Wolf Traut|Albrecht Dürer

1515

Lower Portion of the Entryway to the Right Portal (Die Porten des Adels); and the Outer Right Sockel of the Central Portal, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18 by Hieronymus Andreae|Hans Springinklee|Wolf Traut|Albrecht Dürer

Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 7/16 in. × 25 in. (46.8 × 63.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928

Accession Number

28.82.15

Art Historical Context

This intricate woodcut, titled *Lower Portion of the Entry to the Right Portal ( Porten des Adels); and the Outer Right Sock of the Central Portal, the Arch of Honor*, is a proof dated 1515 and printed around 1517–18. Designed primarily by Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer with woodblocks cut by skilled collaborators Hieronymus Andreae, Springinklee, and Wolf Traut, it measures an impressive 18 /16 × 25 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this fragment captures the grandeur of Dürer's visionary project. The print forms part of Dürer's monumental ...

About the Artist

Hieronymus Andreae|Hans Springinklee|Wolf Traut|Albrecht Dürer (German|German) · 1525 |1495 –1556 |1530

German, Bad Mergentheim ca. 1485–1556 Nuremberg|German, ca. 1495–after 1522

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