Monogrammist ia (Venice, late 15th century)
printed and published by Jacobinus Pentius de Leucho (Italian, active 1486-1530)
original text by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) (North African, 195/185–c. 159 B.C.)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
Sostrata, Pamphilus (recto) and Laches, Socrates, Pamphilus (verso) from Comoediae (Comedies), Plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
INV-1293
Monogrammist ia (Venice, late 15th century)
printed and published by Jacobinus Pentius de Leucho (Italian, active 1486-1530)
original text by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) (North African, 195/185–c. 159 B.C.)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Sostrata, Pamphilus (recto) and Laches, Socrates, Pamphilus (verso) from Comoediae (Comedies), Plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Monogrammist ia (Venice, late 15th century) printed and published by Jacobinus Pentius de Leucho (Italian, active 1486-1530) original text by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) (North African, 195/185–c. 159 B.C.) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932) →woodcutprint
Date
1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions
Image: 4.9 × 8.3 cm (1 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 20.8 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund