Hazelwort from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 16 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Unknown artist (Illustrator)

Title

Hazelwort from Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), Plate 16 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Original 1487

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto), and letterpress in black with rubrication and pen and brown ink additions (verso), on buff laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 9.2 × 5.6 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 18.4 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Reference Number

1938.86.16

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