The Seven Sleepers from Der Heiligen Leben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Medium

Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with pen and blue and black ink additions (recto), and letterpress in black (verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Dimensions

Image: 7 × 6.6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Classification

woodcut

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

129339

Rights

Public Domain