Images

This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 The draughtsman and the woodcutter, second half 16th century


Creator

 Amman, Jost Amman (illustrator), Sachs, Hans (auteur/author)


Year

 1568


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 graveren


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 E: Boekillustratie


Content

 The oldest way to illustrate a printed book is by means of woodcuts. Here it is shown how such a woodcut was made: the artist first produces a drawing on paper, subsequently the engraver cuts the image in a block of wood. Then the block is inked in the printing shop and printed.


Original

 Amman, Jost en Sachs, Hans. - Eygentliche beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden, hoher und nidriger, geistlicher und weltlicher, aller Kunsten, Handwerken und Händeln. - Frankfurt am Main: S. Feyerabend, 1568, p. 16 en 17.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek