Aurifabra

AMMAN, Jost (Zurich, 1539 - Nuremberg, 1591).

Aurifabra (fragment from The seven mechanical arts).

Etching, 1579

140x90 mm.

Lettered on a tablet at right: 'AURIFABRA'.

Provenance: an handwritten graphite inscription on the verso.

Bibliography:

New Hollstein VI.144.27

Andresen 1868 I.134.41

Illustration to B. Chasseneuz "Catalogus Gloriae Mundi" (Frankfurt: Feierabend, 1579).

Jost Amman. The seven mechanical arts. Etching, 1579. British Museum.