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Thistle (recto) and Thistle buds (verso) from Gart Der Gesundheit (also called Hortus sanitatis, or Garden of Health), Plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Thistle (recto) and Thistle buds (verso) from Gart Der Gesundheit (also called Hortus sanitatis, or Garden of Health), Plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Attributed to Erhard Reuwich (Dutch, c. 1455–c. 1490) printed and published by Peter Schöffer (German, c. 1425–c. 1503) original text by Johann Wonnecke von Cube (German, c. 1430–1503) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
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Date
1485, portfolio assembled 1929
Medium
Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions
Image, recto: 16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.); Image, verso: 14.5 × 7.2 cm (5 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund