Live veiling - Lot 556
[Woodcuts]
4 woodcut illustrations.
Germany, Heinrich Steyner, 1522
€ 120 / 150
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Beschrijving lot
4 woodcuts, 10 x 15,5 cm, laid paper, unsigned (sl. toned, trimmed to borderline).
Loose sheets.
Illustrations to the Petrarch edition "Von der Artzney bayder Glück", published by Heinrich Steyner in Augsburg in 1532, and edited by Sebastian Brandt. Thanks to his involvement in illustrating this book printing project, Hans Weiditz is sometimes also referred to as the Petrarch Master. The woodcuts depict a Woman with a Peacock (fol. 2v), "Idleness and honour", Job in the rain, "The construction of the Temple".
Ref. VD16 P-1725.- STCB 686. - Dodgson II.174.61. - Not in Adams.