Unknown Artist (Ferrara, late 15th century)
printed and published by Lorenzo de Rossi (Italian, active 1482-1522)
original text by Saint Jerome (Dalmatia, c. 347–420)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
Epistle CXI to Paula and Eustochio from Epistolae (Letters of Saint Jerome), Plate 47 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
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Unknown Artist (Ferrara, late 15th century)
printed and published by Lorenzo de Rossi (Italian, active 1482-1522)
original text by Saint Jerome (Dalmatia, c. 347–420)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Epistle CXI to Paula and Eustochio from Epistolae (Letters of Saint Jerome), Plate 47 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Unknown Artist (Ferrara, late 15th century) printed and published by Lorenzo de Rossi (Italian, active 1482-1522) original text by Saint Jerome (Dalmatia, c. 347–420) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932) →woodcutprint
Date
1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Medium
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions
Image: 5 × 7.2 cm (2 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 33 × 23 cm (13 × 9 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund