Ein new Modelbuch..., page 15 (recto)
Johann Schönsperger the Younger
October 22, 1524
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
7 5/16 x 5 3/8 in. (18.5 x 13.6 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1929
Accession Number
29.71(29)
Tags
Acanthus
About the Artist
Johann Schönsperger the Younger · 1490–1550
Johann Schönsperger the Younger, born around 1480 in Augsburg, was the son of the prominent printer Johann Schönsperger the Elder, with whom he apprenticed in the family trade. As a member of the Salzfertiger guild, he entered publishing around 1502, initially focusing on illustrated edification literature, medical texts, weather prognostications, and works by Erasmus in Augsburg. A notable early ...