Schon newes Modelbuch von sechshundert aussewehlten kunstlichen so wol Italianischen, Frantzosischen, Niderlandischen, Englandischen als Teutschen Modeln allen Syedenstichern, Nahterin und solcher Arbeit gefliessenen...Getruckt in Franckfurt am Mayn
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
9 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (23 × 34 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.8(1-18)
About the Artist
Sigismundus Latomus · 1599–1632
Sigismundus Latomus, born in Schleusingen, Germany, around 1599, emerged as a prominent publisher and printer in Frankfurt am Main during the early seventeenth century. Little is known about his early life or formal training, as historical records focus primarily on his professional output rather than personal background. Active from 1599 until his death around 1627, Latomus specialized in the pro...