Poliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Unknown Italian · 1499, portfolio assembled 1929

Poliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

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