Pictores operis, Heinricus Fullmaurer, Albertus Meyer, sculptor Vitus Rodolph Speckle
Summary
Portraits of the three men who created the illustrations for this botanical book. Heinrich Füllmaurer transferring drawing to woodblock, Albrecht Meyer drawing the plant on the table, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, who cut the blocks. Believed to be the first printed book to include portraits of its artists. (Source: Seeing is believing, New York Public Library, 2001.)
Illus. in: De historia stirpium commentarii / Leonhart Fuchs. Basileae : In Officina Isingriniana, 1542.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 50.
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Date
01/01/1542
Contributors
Speckle, Veit Rudolph, active 1540, engraver
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.