The Seven Sleepers from Der Heiligen Leben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Date:
1487, portfolio assembled 1929
Artist:
Unknown Artist (Magdeburg, late 15th century) printed and published by Simon Koch, called Mentzer (German, active 1486–1503) original text by Jacobus de Voragine (Italian, c. 1230–1298) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
The Seven Sleepers from Der Heiligen Leben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Place
Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date
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Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with pen and blue and black ink additions (recto), and letterpress in black (verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
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