Caption

The Seven Sleepers from Der Heiligen Leben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1487, portfolio assembled 1929, Unknown Artist (Magdeburg, late 15th century), printed and published by Simon Koch, called Mentzer (German, active 1486–1503), original text by Jacobus de Voragine (Italian, c. 1230–1298), portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932), Germany, Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with pen and blue and black ink additions (recto), and letterpress in black (verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat, 70 x 66 mm (image), 263 x 186 mm (sheet)

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Chicago, The Art Institute

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Artokoloro

Reference

LZT20A24_461

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,1Mb (4,8Mb) / 11,4in x 16,0in / 3427 x 4800 (300dpi)

Keywords

70 Seven Sleepers Der Heiligen Leben Sommerteil Lives Saints Summertime Plate 39 Woodcuts Books 15th Century 1487 portfolio assembled 1929 Unknown Artist Magdeburg late 15th century printed published Simon Koch Mentzer German active 1486–1503 original text Jacobus de Voragine Italian c. 1230–1298 portfolio text Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber 1855–1932 Germany Woodcut black hand-colored additions letterpress pen blue black ink additions recto verso cream laid paper tipped cream wove paper mat 70