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Leaf from De humani corporis fabrica (skull), plate 100 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

A work made of woodcut on paper.
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  • A work made of woodcut on paper.

Date:

1543, assembled into portfolio 1937

Artist:

Attributed to Jan Stephan van Calcar (Netherlandish, 1499-1546/50)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jan Stephan van Calcar

Title

Leaf from De humani corporis fabrica (skull), plate 100 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1543

Medium

Woodcut on paper

Dimensions

Image, recto: 11.1 × 10.9 cm (4 3/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Image/text, recto: 32.4 × 19.6 cm (12 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Image, verso: 7.9 × 10.3 cm (3 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Image/text, verso: 32.5 × 19.3 cm (12 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 40.1 × 28 cm (15 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Reference Number

1938.88.100

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