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Woodcut emblem page with a nude woman holding a cup beside an empty scrolled shield, a bird on a stand at right, and a blank tablet below.

Emblem with Blank Heraldic Shield, folio 156 from the Anthologia Gnomonica

A woodcut page showing a nude female figure holding a cup at left, beside a large blank cartouche of scrolling acanthus leaves framing an empty shield. A bird perches on a stand at upper right, and a plain inscription panel sits below, with printed text and a letter-and-number label along the page.

Artist
Jost Amman
Date
1579, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress in black on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1299 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1937).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Español: Emblema con escudo heráldico en blanco, folio 156 de Anthologia Gnomonica

Una página de xilografía con una figura femenina desnuda que sostiene una copa a la izquierda, junto a un gran marco ornamental de hojas de acanto enrolladas que rodea un escudo vacío. Un ave está posada sobre un soporte a la derecha superior, y debajo hay un panel liso para inscripción.

Português: Emblema com escudo heráldico em branco, fólio 156 de Anthologia Gnomonica

Uma página de xilogravura mostrando uma figura feminina nua segurando um cálice à esquerda, ao lado de uma grande moldura ornamental de folhas de acanto enroladas que envolve um escudo vazio. Uma ave está pousada em um suporte no canto superior direito, e abaixo há um painel liso para inscrição.

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