Jost Amman
Hans Sachs
1575
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Jost Amman
Hans Sachs
1575
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 295 × 220 mm. (11 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4461
Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker. Based on a portrait by Andreas Herneysen in the Nuremberg Stadtmuseum.
Inscribed: Recto: in plate: in cartouche below portrait: "Als nachs Iesu Christi geburt.." Date at bottom: Anno Domini M.D. LXXVI"; Verso: handwritten in graphite: Jost Aman. Hans Sachs
Markings: CM: Karl Ferninand Friedrich von Nagler (Lugt 2529); Kupferstichkabinet Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Lugt 1606); duplicate (Lugt 2398); Claghorn
