A Boy on a Sled
Jost Amman
late 1560s
Medium
pen and black ink with brown, blue, and pink wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 8.6 x 12.3 cm (3 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Phillips
Accession Number
1986.45.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jost Amman · 1539–1591
Jost Amman (1539–1591) was a Swiss-born woodcut designer, engraver, and illustrator who became one of the most prolific and influential graphic artists of sixteenth-century Germany, producing an output of extraordinary range and technical virtuosity that shaped the visual culture of the later Reformation era. Born in Zurich, Amman moved to Nuremberg around 1560, the city that had been the center o...