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Powder Flask
German, probably Saxony
c 1575

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🎨 #JostAmman, Swiss-German cartoonist, graphic artist, and illustrator, was #BOTD 13 June 1539. #Art #Ilustration

This 1569 woodcut of "Melancholia" by Jost Amman (1539-1591) is another lovely example of the marriage of skills between the woodcutter and artist. #woodcut #woodcuts #prints #print #jostamman

This woodcut of a ram from 1569 by Jost Amman (1539-1591) is a prime example of the skill involved in woodcutting. Woodcut artists didn't always do the actual woodcutting, although Amman is known to have occasionally done his own woodcutting. #woodcuts #woodcut #prints #print #jostamman

Many of the surviving woodcuts of Jost Amman (1539-1591) show people engaged in the medieval trades. They are from "Ständebuch" ("Book of Trades"), a book he illustrated for the poet Hans Sachs (1494-1576) in 1568. This print is of clockmakers. #jostamman #hanssachs #woodcuts #woodcut #prints #print

Jost Amman (1539-1591) was a Swiss artist mainly known for his woodcuts including this 1568 one of a woodcutter at work. #jostamman #woodcuts #woodcut #prints #print