Jost Amman (aka Jost Ammon) (1539–1591)
“Jousting
Tournament” (title extracted from the preceding Latin text:
(transl.) “Romulus, disguising his infirmity of mind, prepares solemn games for
Neptune's knights: ...”; “Now the whole multitude of the
Sabines came with their children and their wives. they were invited hospitably
through the houses, where the walls were situated; and when they had seen a
great number of people under cover, they were surprised …”), c.1572, woodcut illustration
published in Frankfurt am Main by Sigmund
Feyerabend (aka Sigismund Feyrabend; Sigmund Feierabend)
(1528-1590) to Livy’s (aka Titus Livius) (59 BC–AD 17), “Titi Livii
Patavini Romanæ historiæ principis libri omnes qvotqvot ad nostram ætatem
peruenerunt …”, published in 1572 on page 7.
Archive.org offers an online view of this woodcut
employed as an illustration in Sigmund Feyerabend publication (1572) on page 7 with
the relevant text: https://archive.org/details/titiliviipatavin00livy_0/page/n45/mode/2up.
Woodcut
on fine laid paper with letterpress text and a partial woodcut verso (obscured
by backing sheet), trimmed with a thread margin around the image borderline and
laid on a support sheet providing wide margins.
Size:
(sheet) 10.5 x 14.9 cm.
Inscribed
in plate with the artist’s initials on entrance gates at lower centre: “I” [J];
“A”.
Condition:
a strong and well-printed early impression showing minimal signs of wear to the
printing plate, trimmed around the image borderline and laid onto a support of
archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing larger margins.
I am
selling this remarkable woodcut showing an unusual bird’s-eye view of a jousting
tournament, for AU$268 (currently US$179.13/EUR162.08/GBP142.62 at the time of
posting this listing) including Express Mail postage and handling to anywhere
in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries.
If you
are interested in purchasing this amazing German woodcut from the late
Renaissance, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send
you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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