Man purging fluid from lungs (recto) and Plant for abdominal pain (verso) from Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), Plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Dimensions

Image, recto: 8.7 × 6.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Image, verso: 10.5 × 6.2 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 20.7 cm (12 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

Classification

woodcut

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

129335