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"Vidua Lugens in Italia. Also gehen in Italien die Witfrawen wann sie trawren". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti....
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Weigel, Hans
Nürnberg
1577
"Vidua Lugens in Italia. Also gehen in Italien die Witfrawen wann sie trawren". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti. Trachtenbuch darin fast allerley und der furnembsten Nationen die heutigs tags bekandt sein". Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. Magnificent old colouring. 27,5:17 cm (11 x 6 3/4 inch.).
Clothing of Italian grieving widows in the 16th century. - Rare. - Jost Amman (1539 in Zürich - 1591 in Nürnberg) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.