Three Scenes from the Life of the Prophet Daniel
1564
Medium
Pen and black ink. Framing line in pen and black ink.
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in. (30.9 x 21.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Pearce Casey and Ian Woodner Family Collection Funds, 2009
Accession Number
2009.335
Tags
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...