Esther VI: “Got its wunderbar inn seinen Hailigen”
Job I. XLII. “Dear Spigel hailiger gedult.”
19.6 x 15.3 cm
Woodcut leaf from the scarce work by Tobias Stimmer:
Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien/grüntlich von Tobia Stimmer gerissen: Und [...] durch J.F.G.M.(J. Fischart, gen. Mentz) [...] bei Thoma Swarin. Basel 1576.
Woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer (Swiss, Schaffhausen 1539–1584 Strasbourg).
Woodcuts within separately-printed figurative frames, with letterpress titles and verses by Johann Fischart accompanying each image.
Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 - 4 January 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Stimmer followed Hans Holbein the Younger, but developed his own mannerism.
Minor age toning.