Albrecht Dürer
Erhard Schön
1527-1530
Medium
Træsnit
Classification
Træsnit
Department
Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KKSgb9764
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
TræsnitGrafik
About the Artist
Erhard Schön · 1491–1542
He was famed as a popular printmaker, with attributions including around 1200 illustrations for 116 books and about 200 separate woodcuts. Among the best works are the woodcuts that he and Hans Springinklee made for the "Hortulus animae", published in Nuremberg in 1515 by Johannes Koberger. It was one of the most popular pre-Reformation anthologies of prayers, published in at least 20 German and L...