Twee Ethiopiërs

Erhard Reuwich

1486 - 1488

Twee Ethiopiërs by Erhard Reuwich

Medium

paper

Dimensions

117; 125; 84; 92

About this artwork

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About the Artist

Erhard Reuwich · 14251503

Erhard Reuwich (ca. 1445–ca. 1500) was a pioneering German artist and printmaker whose illustrations for the first printed travel book revolutionized European book illustration. Coming from a family of painters in Utrecht, with his father likely being Hildebrand Reuwich, Dean of the painters' guild in 1470, Erhard represented a new generation of artists who recognized printing's transformative pot...

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