Portret van Leonhardt Fronsperger
Jost Amman
1573
Medium
paper
Dimensions
140; 130
About this artwork
houtsnede; gedrukt van twee blokken en tekst in boekdruk op verso
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...