Jost Amman

Jost Amman
Portrait of Jost Amman
Born(1539-06-03)3 June 1539
Died17 March 1591(1591-03-17) (aged 51)
NationalitySwiss, German
Known forWoodcuts
Notable workDas Ständebuch
MovementNorthern Renaissance
Formschneider, that is, block-cutter for woodcuts, 1568. From Das Ständebuch, a famous series of woodcuts of the trades by Amman (who would not usually have done his own cutting)

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.


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