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The draughtsman and the woodcutter, second half 16th century

Amman, Jost Amman (illustrator)
Sachs, Hans (auteur/author)
year: 1568

type: illustratie
illustration
detail: nee
related terms: graveren
period: 16e eeuw
classification:
E: Boekillustratie

contents: The oldest way to illustrate a printed book is by means of woodcuts. Here it is shown how such a woodcut was made: the artist first produces a drawing on paper, subsequently the engraver cuts the image in a block of wood. Then the block is inked in the printing shop and printed.

origineel:
source: Amman, Jost en Sachs, Hans. - Eygentliche beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden, hoher und nidriger, geistlicher und weltlicher, aller Kunsten, Handwerken und Händeln. - Frankfurt am Main: S. Feyerabend, 1568, p. 16 en 17.
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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