Apollo
Jost Amman
c. 1580
Medium
pen and black ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 26.1 x 17.3 cm (10 1/4 x 6 13/16 in.) support: 33.9 x 25.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous gift in honor of Philip Hofer
Accession Number
1982.78.1
About the Artist
Jost Amman · 1539–1591
Jost Amman (1539–1591) was a Swiss-born woodcut designer, engraver, and illustrator who became one of the most prolific and influential graphic artists of sixteenth-century Germany, producing an output of extraordinary range and technical virtuosity that shaped the visual culture of the later Reformation era. Born in Zurich, Amman moved to Nuremberg around 1560, the city that had been the center o...