British Museum - Prints Collection

[hsifeng]

I have a search filter set up on Yahoo that occasionally throws me an interesting research bone. Today’s was a pre-set image search of the British Museums print collection (search: “Block cut by Jost de Negker”). I ended up seeing a few images that I have missed in prior woodcut searches/collections; including these two.

 

 

Both of these images were carved between 1525-1530, with the actual publication of these prints falling around 1580-1585; according to museum records. I love the ‘tassel’ detail down the right leg of the Spiesstrauger, and I am always pleased to find more ‘handgunners’! 

:D

Comments

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty early example of apostles, isn't it?

[peacockdress.livejournal.com]

Cool, I don't know what I'm looking at, but it's way cool...

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Damn, I totally have to friend you now so I'm not getting your research posts second hand from friends anymore.

And thanks for the images! I hadn't seen a lot of the prints in the British Museum collection before.