Artist: Jost Amman (1539 – 1591) was a Swiss-German artist celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.
Engraver: monogrammist HS, said to be Amman's pupil. (The British Museum).
Title: Wie man auffs Geiägt mit den Hunden zeugt.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Wie man auffs Geiägt mit den Hunden zeugt. HS. Notes in pencil verso.
Dimensions: 4 1/8" x 4 5/8".
Publisher: Feyrabendt, Franckfurt am Mayn.
Edition: Künstliche wolgerissene New Figuren von allerlei Jag und Weidtwerck, durch den Kunstreichen Jost Amman, Wonhast zu Nürnberg an Tag gebracht.
Date: 1592.
Materials and Techniques: woodcut on paper.
Mat and Frame: part of the support is trimmed.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: poetic lines above and below the impression in Latin and German are cut off. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: Nagler 1503 (4), p. 614. Carl Becker. Jobst Amman, Zeichner und Formschneider, Kupferätzer und Stecher. 1854. p.118, D.
Part of: unnumbered page, by count thirteen.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and a digital copy Res/Art. 1414f from the Bavarian State Library.