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Anthologia gnomica

published 1579

Jost Amman

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1591

Henri Estienne

Author, French, 1528 - 1598

Medium

1 vol: ill: 162 woodcuts (64th is hand-colored)
Credit Line

Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow
Accession

1983.67.1
Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 152

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ludov. Victor Baumgartner

Associated Names

Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.

Exhibition History

2007

The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1949

Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Vol. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger,

1996

The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Jost Amman, Gero Seelig, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 2001, no. 152, book illustrations.

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