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Jost Amman
Biblia1640 - 1660

Not on view
Hand-colored woodcut page from an early printed German Bible, with bold black lines and flat color washes, showing figures wrestling and animals being herded in a hilly landscape, surrounded by blackletter text
Woodcut print with hand-applied color, German blackletter text above and below a rectangular illustration depicting armored soldiers and figures in a landscape with tents and hills in the background
Hand-colored woodcut print with German blackletter text above and below; a crowd of robed figures in red, green, and ochre process before a dense cityscape of towers and domed buildings, with soldiers and horses visible at right.
Woodcut illustration on a printed page with Gothic German text, depicting a crowded outdoor scene with figures in 16th-century dress gathered among tents and wooden structures, rendered in fine black line work with hand-applied color washes in red, green, and brown.
Woodcut illustration with hand-applied color, depicting a court scene with robed figures gathered in an interior architectural setting; German blackletter text above and below the image, headed 'Der Prophet XXXVIII. Cap.'
Printed page with blackletter German text, numbered 140, featuring a hand-colored woodcut illustration at the bottom depicting a crowded battle scene with soldiers, horses, and figures in combat, surrounded by dense columns of Gothic script text.
Hand-colored woodcut with German blackletter text heading, depicting multiple robed figures gathered before an arched city gate, with a haloed figure appearing amid clouds above; green and red wash coloring with fine hatched linework.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration on a printed page with German blackletter text, depicting a banquet scene with multiple figures in 16th-century dress gathered around a table, one woman gesturing toward a servant carrying a platter with a severed head.
Artist or Maker
Jost Amman
Switzerland, Zurich, active Germany, 1539-1591
Title
Biblia
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1640 - 1660
Medium
Hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/4 x 6 in. (10.8 x 15.24 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Connie and Ted Harris
Accession Number
AC1998.151.1.1-.8
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings