Hazelwort from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 16 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

INV-1293

Unknown Artist (Ulm, 15th century) printed and published by Konrad Dinckmut (German, active 1476-1499) original text by Johann Wonnecke von Cube (German, c. 1430–1503) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

1487, portfolio assembled 1929

woodcutprint

Date

1487, portfolio assembled 1929

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto), and letterpress in black with rubrication and pen and brown ink additions (verso), on buff laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 9.2 × 5.6 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 18.4 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund