Coat of Arms of Strasbourg c.1530
Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder attributed
* 1490 in Dillingen † 1556 in Vienna
Woodcut printed from two blocks in red and black, partially coloured in light yellow. Size of sheet: 25.5 x 16 cm.
Literature: Röttinger 77 (Brunfels);
VD16 B 8499, frontispiece (fol.4v).
Provenance: Friedrich August II (1797–1854), Dresden (Lugt 971);
Dr. Albert Blum (1882–1952), Short Hills (Lugt Suppl. 79 b).
A fine example of printing in black and red with the help of stencil colouring.
From Otto Brunfels, Herbarum vivae eicones, vol. I (Strasbourg: Johann Shott, 1530-36).
In 1997 Frank Muller attributed the woodcut to Heinrich Vogtherr. (Frank Muller. Heinrich Vogtherr l'Ancien: un artiste entre Renaissance et Réforme. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen. Voll. 72. Wiesbaden 1997)
£ 2,000.-