Der furnembsten, notwendingsten, der gantzen Architectur angehörigen Mathematischen und Mechanischen künst eygentlicher bericht fast flare ferstendliche Unterrichtung zu rechtem ferstandt der lehr Vitruvii, in drei firneme piecher abgetheilet

Author:: Written by Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545)

Illustrator:: Illustrated by Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg)

Illustrator:: Illustrated by Hans Brosamer (German, active by 1536, probably died 1552)

Illustrator:: Illustrated by Virgil Solis (German, (?) 1514–1562 Nuremberg)

Printer:: Printed by Johann Petreius (1524–1550)

Date:: 1547

Medium:: Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Dimensions:: Overall: 12 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (32 x 21.6 x 5.6 cm)
Storage: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 3 1/16 in. (35 x 24.5 x 7.7 cm)

Classification:: Books

Credit Line:: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

Accession Number:: 41.100.186

Not on view

Der newen Perspectiva

Marking: Woodcut printer's device on multiple leaves
Woodcut author's device on [iii] verso (signature A3)

Library Duke of Bavaria; William Gedney Beatty (American)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," March 26, 2012–July 19, 2012.

Adams R986; Benzing, 180; British Mus., 733; Cicognara, 633; Dodgson, I, 528, #2; Ebhardt, 70; Graesse, VI, I, 135; Hollstein, VIII, 158, #85; Jessen, 962; Reimers, 107, #41; Riccardi, 613; Röttinger, 36; SKB 4687; Univ.Cat. II, 1745.

Timelines
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D.

Department

Drawings and Prints (161,647)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Hans Brosamer (45)

Peter Flötner (165)

Johann Petreius (6)

Gualther Hermenius Rivius (21)

Virgil Solis (37)

Object Type / Material

Books (26,278)

Illustrations (7,045)

Prints (134,204)

Relief prints (15,733)

Woodblock prints (11,775)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1400–1600 (26,223)

Der furnembsten, notwendingsten, der gantzen Architectur angehörigen Mathematischen und Mechanischen künst eygentlicher bericht vast klare verstendliche Unterrichtung zu rechtem Verstandt der lehr Vitruvii, in drei furneme Bücher abgetheilet

Artist: Written by Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545) Date: 1547 Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations Accession: 21.69 On view in:Not on view

Bawkunst Oder Architectur aller fürnemsten Nothwendigsten angehörigen Mathematischen und Mechanischen Künsten eygentlicher Bericht und verständtliche Underrichtung zu rechtem Verstandt der Lehr Vitruvii in drey fürnemme Bücher abgetheilet

Artist: Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545) Date: 1582 Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations Accession: 41.100.185 On view in:Not on view

Astronomicum Caesareum

Artist: Michael Ostendorfer (German, (?) ca. 1490–1549 Regensburg) Date: May 1540 Medium: Hand-colored woodcuts Accession: 25.17 On view in:Not on view

Vitruvius Des aller namhafftigiften unnd Hocherfarnesten Römischen Architecti unnd Kunstreichen Werck oder Bawmeysters Marci Vitruvij Pollionis Zehen Bücher von der Architectur und künstlichem Bawen

Artist: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century B.C.) Date: 1614 Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations Accession: 41.100.215 On view in:Not on view

Landscape with Saint John the Evangelist

Artist: Virgil Solis (German, (?) 1514–1562 Nuremberg) Date: mid-16th century Medium: Woodcut Accession: 20.24.77 On view in:Not on view