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Jost Amman

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1591

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [proof without text]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.5 x 17.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 in.) (cut within platemark)

  • Accession

    2011.78.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, book 44.12, no. 2610, proof

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Waldburg Wolfegg, Wolfegg (Lugt 2542); (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, no. 44.7

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Jost Amman, Gero Seelig, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, book 44.12, no. 2610, proof.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: IA; lower right in image: A.VI; upper left in ink: 120

Watermarks

crown wit

Wikidata ID

Q76558897

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