Illustration from Von dem Troianischen Krieg, plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
1536, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.1 × 15.6 cm (5 9/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Image/text: 25.3 × 15.7 cm (10 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 18.7 cm (10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
132169
Art Historical Context
This lively woodcut, plate 24 from *Von dem Troianischen* (On the Trojan War), was crafted by Hans Weiditz II in 1536. A master illustrator from Augsburg, Germany, Weiditz was renowned his dynamic black-line woodcuts that brought epic tales to life in printed books during the Renaissance. Printed on paper and later assembled into a modern portfolio in 1937, this intimate image measures just 14.1 × 15.6 cm, perfect for the pages of 16th-century volumes at the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department. Woodcuts like this one revolutionized storytelling, allowing affordable repro...