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1568

Jost Amman, after Wenzel Jamnitzer I

Associated Names
Jost Amman

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1591

Wenzel Jamnitzer I

Artist After, German, 1508 - 1585

The image displays swirling lines and curved shapes forming an abstract design. A scallop shell is at the center, encircled by cherubic figures, dragons, and sea creatures. Abstract motifs of flowers, shells, and mythical beasts are present, along with arrows and shields, creating a fantastical scene merging nature and mythology.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [proof without text]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.) (cut within platemark)

  • Accession Number

    2011.78.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, book 44.12, no. 2620, proof

  • Series Title

    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...

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

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. 2620, proof.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: CIIII; lower right verso in graphite: Jost Aman

Wikidata ID

Q76558898

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