Jost’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Der Kramer (The Peddler) from De omnibus illiberalibus sive mechanicis artibus by Hartmann Schopper, plate 50 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

The Tournament
Jost Amman Swiss, 1539-1591

Matrona Belgica primaria (Belgian Matron of the First Rank) from Gynaeceum, sive Theatrum Mulierum, plate 53 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Emblem with Blank Heraldic Shield, folio 156 from the Anthologia Gnomonica
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) printed by Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1527-1590) original text by Henri Estienne (French, 1528/31-1598) portfolio text by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

The Passage of the Red Sea (recto) and The Burial of Jacob (verso) from Neuwe Biblische Figuren, plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Vidua Senensis in Hetruria (Widow of Siena in Tuscany) from H. Weigel's Trachtenbuch, plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Ley Süster (Lay Sister) from Ständ und Orden, plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Illustration from Plinius' Naturgeschichte by J. Heyden, plate 49 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Portrait of Wenzel Jamnitzer in his Study
Jost Amman Swiss, 1539-1591

Illustration from Heldenbuch, plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) and Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)