Thistle (recto) and Thistle buds (verso) from Gart Der Gesundheit (also called Hortus sanitatis, or Garden of Health), Plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

INV-1293

Attributed to Erhard Reuwich (Dutch, c. 1455–c. 1490) printed and published by Peter Schöffer (German, c. 1425–c. 1503) original text by Johann Wonnecke von Cube (German, c. 1430–1503) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

1485, portfolio assembled 1929

woodcutprint

Date

1485, portfolio assembled 1929

Medium

Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Dimensions

Image, recto: 16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.); Image, verso: 14.5 × 7.2 cm (5 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund