Coats of Arms of Bishops (recto and verso) from Das Concilium so zu Constantz, plate 26 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

INV-1321

Jörg Breu, I (German, c.1480-1537) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

1536, assembled into portfolio 1937

woodcutprint

Date

1536, assembled into portfolio 1937

Medium

Hand-colored woodcut on paper

Dimensions

Images/text, recto: 22.9 × 13.1 cm (9 1/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Images/text, verso: 22.7 × 14 cm (8 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 19.3 cm (11 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

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