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Catalogue
- Year
- 1517
- Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Hans Weiditz
Artist
Hans Weiditz
Hans Weiditz the Younger, Hans Weiditz der Jüngere, Hans Weiditz II, was a German Renaissance artist, also known as The Petrarch Master for his woodcuts illustrating Petrarch's De remediis utriusque fortunae, or Remedies for Both Good and Bad Fortune, or Phisicke Against Fortune. He is best known today for his very lively scenes and caricatures of working life and people, many created to illustrate the abstract philosophical maxims of Cicero and Petrarch.
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- Hans Weiditz
- Year
- 1517
- Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut
- Watts ID
- WW-1517-525611
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
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- Status
- verified