Jost Amman

Amman, Jobst

Swiss, 1539 - 1591

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Jost Amman, The Jester, 1586, pen and black ink, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.31

The Jester

Jost Amman · 1586 · pen and black ink ·  Accession ID  1952.8.31

Jost Amman, Apollo, c. 1580, pen and black ink on laid paper, Anonymous gift in honor of Philip Hofer, 1982.78.1

Apollo

Jost Amman · c. 1580 · pen and black ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1982.78.1

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Anthologia gnomica

Jost Amman, Henri Estienne · published 1579 · 1 vol: ill: 162 woodcuts (64th is hand-colored) ·  Accession ID  1983.67.1

Jost Amman, The Hierarchy of the Heavens, 1579, etching on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.156

The Hierarchy of the Heavens

Jost Amman · 1579 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.156

Jost Amman, Gaspar de Coligny, 1573, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.431

Gaspar de Coligny

Jost Amman · 1573 · ·  Accession ID  1943.3.431

Jost Amman, Head of a Bearded Man, 1572, brush and black ink with white wash on blue prepared paper, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.19

Head of a Bearded Man

Jost Amman · 1572 · brush and black ink with white wash on blue prepared paper ·  Accession ID  1991.182.19

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Biblia (Bible)

Jost Amman · 1570 · illustrated book with two parts in one volume (presentation copy probably for the dedicatee of this edition); 3 title pages printed in red and black within woodcut borders; 144 woodcuts all colored and heightened in gold and silver by an early hand;initials painted alternately in black, red, and blue and heightened in gold; 2 printed "Erklärung" slips at l4; contemporary red velvet over wooden boards with copper-gilt corner pieces on both covers and silver-gilt roundels and silver-gilt reliefplaque of the Crucifixion; similar clasps and catches; gauffered edges with birds and flowers; early notes of ownership on flyleaves ·  Accession ID  2001.54.1

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Perspectiva Corporum Regularium. Das ist Ein fleyssige Fürweysung Wie die Fünff Regulirten Cörper darwon Plato inn Timaeo Unnd Euclides inn sein Elementis schreibt etc. Durch einen sonderlichen neuen behenden und gerechten weg der vor nie im gebrauch ist gesehen wor-den gar künstlich inn die Perpectuia gebracht Und darzu ein schöne Anleytung wie auss denselbigen Fünff Cörpern one Endt gar viel andrere Cörper mancherlen Art und gestalt gemacht unnd gefunden werden mügen. Allen Liebhabern der freyen kunst zu Ehn durch Wenzeln Jamnitzer...

Wenzel Jamnitzer I, Jost Amman, Wenzel Jamnitzer I · published 1568 · 1 vol: ill: etched and engraved title page plus 49 etching and engravings by Jost Amman (all full-page, versos blank), most unsigned ·  Accession ID  1983.49.32

Jost Amman, Water, 1568, etching on laid paper [proof without text], Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2011.78.3

Water

Jost Amman · 1568 · etching on laid paper [proof without text] ·  Accession ID  2011.78.3

Jost Amman, Earth, 1568, etching on laid paper [proof without text], Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2011.78.1

Earth

Jost Amman · 1568 · etching on laid paper [proof without text] ·  Accession ID  2011.78.1