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Artists›Jost Amman

Jost Amman

1539–1591

WA-00017155

Zürich, Switzerland

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WikidataQ116240

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (46)

Onderschrift van de Festa della Sensa (eerste gedeelte)

1697 · letterpress printing on paper

width: 382 cm, height: 170 cm

Rijksmuseum

Onderschrift van de Festa della Sensa (vierde gedeelte)

1697 · letterpress printing on paper

width: 395 cm, height: 171 cm

Rijksmuseum

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The Young Painter and Young Goldsmith, from The Duels of the Workmen

1588 · Etching

Sheet: 2 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.9 × 8.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Young Painter and Young Goldsmith, from The Duels of the Workmen

1588 · Etching

Sheet: 2 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.9 × 8.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Jester

1586 · pen and black ink

Overall: 7.8 x 8.8 cm (3 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.) support: 16 x 17.9 cm (6 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Matrona Belgica primaria (Belgian Matron of the First Rank) from Gynaeceum, sive Theatrum Mulierum, plate 53 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1586 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 8.4 × 6 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Image/text: 16.1 × 11 cm (6 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 19.6 × 14.5 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mans- en een vrouwenhoofd

1585 · pen on prepared paper, ink

height: 262 cm, width: 309 cm

Rijksmuseum

Marching Soldiers, in the Center a Standard Bearer

1584 · engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Apollo

1580 · pen and black ink on laid paper

Overall: 26.1 x 17.3 cm (10 1/4 x 6 13/16 in.) support: 33.9 x 25.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Hierarchy of the Heavens

1579 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 37.6 × 27.4 cm (14 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.) (trimmed)

National Gallery of Art

Emblem with Blank Heraldic Shield, folio 156 from the Anthologia Gnomonica

1579 · Woodcut and letterpress in black on cream laid paper

Image: 7.8 × 11 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Image/text: 8 × 13 cm (3 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 10 × 15.5 cm (3 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vidua Senensis in Hetruria (Widow of Siena in Tuscany) from H. Weigel's Trachtenbuch, plate 51 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1577 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 24.5 × 16.7 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Image/text: 28.3 × 16.7 cm (11 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 19.8 cm (11 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Der Kramer (The Peddler) from De omnibus illiberalibus sive mechanicis artibus by Hartmann Schopper, plate 50 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1574 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 7.9 × 6.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 7/16 in.); Image/text: 12.6 × 6.5 cm (5 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 14.5 × 8.8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gaspar de Coligny

1573

National Gallery of Art

Head of a Bearded Man

1572 · brush and black ink with white wash on blue prepared paper

overall: 15.5 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Wenzel Jamnitzer in his Study

1572 · Engraving in black ink on cream laid paper

Image: 16.7 × 25.3 cm (6 5/8 × 10 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 25.8 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 27.5 cm (7 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wapenschilden

1572 · brush on deck paint, ink, prepared paper

height: 211 cm, width: 201 cm

Rijksmuseum

Illustration from Plinius' Naturgeschichte by J. Heyden, plate 49 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1571 · Woodcut on paper

Image: 8 × 6 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Image/text: 24.8 × 15.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 20.6 cm (12 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570

1570 · Etching and engraving

Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23 × 34.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ontwerp voor drie voeten van drinkschalen

1570 · brush on ink

width: 256 cm, height: 142 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Judith, from Celebrated Women of the Old Testament

1568 · Etching; second state of two

Sheet: 3 5/16 x 2 5/16 in. (8.4 x 5.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Boy on a Sled

1565 · pen and black ink with brown, blue, and pink wash on laid paper

overall: 8.6 x 12.3 cm (3 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Tournament

1565 · Woodcut on paper

24.7 × 35.9 cm (9 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Passage of the Red Sea (recto) and The Burial of Jacob (verso) from Neuwe Biblische Figuren, plate 48 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1565 · Woodcut on paper

Image, recto: 10.9 × 15.3 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Image/text, recto: 13.9 × 15.4 cm (5 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Image, verso: 10.9 × 15.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Image/text, verso: 13.5 × 15.4 cm (5 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 19.5 cm (6 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

46 published of 52 catalogued · 38 with image

The Met
21 published7 img
Nga
10 published10 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

9 entries · 2 sources

Gaspar de Coligny
1573 · Nga · 3 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_url
The Hierarchy of the Heavens
1539 · Nga · 2 prov
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Mans- en een vrouwenhoofd
1585 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Wapenschilden
1572 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ontwerp voor drie voeten van drinkschalen
1570 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Marching Soldiers, in the Center a Standard Bearer
1584 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Ankunfft Und herkommen der weitberümbten herrlichen Statt Venedig Sambt derselben gewaltigen Herrschafft (1697)

Rijksmuseum

Onderschrift van de Festa della Sensa (eerste gedeelte) (1697)

Rijksmuseum

Onderschrift van de Festa della Sensa (vierde gedeelte) (1697)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Ontwerp voor drie voeten van drinkschalen (c. 1570 - c. 1585)

Rijksmuseum

Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies) (1568)

Smithsonian Institution

Two Cones, plate H. i. in Perspectiva. Corporium Regularium (1568)

Smithsonian Institution

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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