Print 16 of 59
Chiaroscuro woodcut, c.1588-90, printed from three blocks in black and grey/green. A fine impression with the usual slight creases caused by the pressure of printing, with minor tears repaired at the edges, inlaid by the edges to an old (18th century) album leaf.
One from a series of seven oval chiaroscuro woodcuts of gods and goddesses
341 x 257 mm
Hirschmann 372; Bialler 32, state with the crack through the signs of the Zodiac
Provenance: Unidentified initial and number 18 at lower left