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Sostrata, Pamphilus (recto) and Laches, Socrates, Pamphilus (verso) from Comoediae (Comedies), Plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

A work made of woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.
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  • A work made of woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.

Date:

1497, portfolio assembled 1929

Artist:

Monogrammist ia (Venice, late 15th century)
printed and published by Jacobinus Pentius de Leucho (Italian, active 1486-1530)
original text by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) (North African, 195/185–c. 159 B.C.)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Monogrammist ia

Title

Sostrata, Pamphilus (recto) and Laches, Socrates, Pamphilus (verso) from Comoediae (Comedies), Plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

Date

Original 1497

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Inscriptions

Signed recto upper right, in illustration block: “Ia”; verso lower right, in illustration block: “Ia”

Dimensions

Image: 4.9 × 8.3 cm (1 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 20.8 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Reference Number

1938.86.51

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