Poliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century by Unknown Artist, print, 1499

Poliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Unknown Artist

Year
1499
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions
Image, recto: 10.4 × 13 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Image, verso: 17.2 × 12.8 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 19.2 cm (11 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
Italy

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