Jan Mertens il Giovane (c. 1493 /1541) - Anton Woensam von Worms (c. 1493 /1541) - Cristo davanti ad Anna", monogramma "Il Verme di Anton Woensam

Type: Woodcut;

Condition: Excellent inking, good state of preservation with slight traces of foxing. The paper shows a slight, natural age-related toning, all as shown in the photos;
Paper: Laid paper;
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Provenance: From a private collection;

This page comes from an ancient Christian religious text printed in the Dutch language of the time (Middle Dutch or Early Modern Dutch), probably dating to the 16th century (the post-incunable period) or the early 17th century.

Possibly published in the Worms Bible (Wormser Bibel, also known as the Schöffer Bible), the first printed edition of a complete Protestant-oriented Bible in German, published in 1529 in Worms by the publisher Peter Schöffer the Younger.

Monogram “The Worm of Anton Woensam” (bottom left of the frame): The small serpentine figure surmounted by an “I” or a small vertical stroke represents Anton Woensam’s signature. This detail attests that the block for this specific version of the Assumption was physically carved or reworked by him, confirming his direct authorship of the woodcut execution of the sheet.

Jan Mertens the Younger (also known as Jan de Cock or, historically identified by art historians under the pseudonym Master of 1518 / Jan Mertens van Dornicke) was a key figure in Antwerp Mannerism and the Northern Renaissance.