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

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.)

Classification

woodcut

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

129354