Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Vidua Senensis in Hetruria (Widow of Siena in Tuscany) from H. Weigel's Trachtenbuch, plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
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Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)1577, assembled into portfolio 1937
Vidua Senensis in Hetruria (Widow of Siena in Tuscany) from H. Weigel's Trachtenbuch, plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943) →woodcutprint
Date
1577, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.5 × 16.7 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Image/text: 28.3 × 16.7 cm (11 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 19.8 cm (11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
Also notable
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Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Matrona Belgica primaria (Belgian Matron of the First Rank) from Gynaeceum, sive Theatrum Mulierum, plate 53 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
The Passage of the Red Sea (recto) and The Burial of Jacob (verso) from Neuwe Biblische Figuren, plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
