Grotesque Figure of a Man with a wooden Leg

Details

• Title

  Grotesque Figure of a Man with a wooden Leg

• Artist/maker

  follower of Hans Weiditz (1495 - c. 1537) (printmaker)

  formerly attributed to Jost Amman (1539 - 1591)

  probably Anonymous Swiss

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 16th century

• Material and technique

  pen and brown ink, heightened with bodycolour, on pink prepared laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › drawing;

  textile › cloth › chandarvo;

  visual representation › drawing › stained glass design

• Dimensions

  sheet 22 x 15.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1863.397

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