Artist: Jost Amman (1539 - 1591)
Nationality: Swiss
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Media: Painting, Prinmaking
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Biography:
Jost Amman strayed from the career path of his professor father and became a printmaker. However, he always retained an interest in scholastics, interacting in humanist circles. Amman is thought to have apprenticed in Zurich or Basel and then studied in France. Later in 1561, he settled in Nuremberg to work alongside Virgil Solis. Not long after, Solis died and Amman established a partnership with the deceased’s publisher. During this period, he illustrated up to fifty books, including biblical and merchant scenes and an artists’ instructional guide. Amman also produced decorative etchings and designs mostly for an upper class Nuremberg family.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (43)
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Officer in the Imperial Army
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Jost Amman [Army in front of a fortress] 16th century
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Jost Amman [Army parading with prisoners of war] 16th century
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Jost Amman [Noblewoman drinking from a chalice] 16th century
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Jost Amman one illustration, Noah's Ark woodcut 16th century
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Jost Amman The Fireworks at Nuremberg etching and engraving 1570
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Jost Amman From T. Livy. Roman History. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Portrait of a King and Queen, Copy. 16th century
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Two Soldiers and a pay-master in a tent woodcut 1571 - 1573
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman One from T. Livy. Roman History. six illustrations woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Officer, mounted with two attendants on foot and dog woodcut 16th century
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Jost Amman King - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman All Saints - Page from Liturgical Book woodcut 16th century
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Jost Amman Priest - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman The Pope - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Monks - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Patrician - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Philosopher - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Emperor - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman Cardinal - Eight subjects from the series of Professions and Trades. woodcut 1568
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Jost Amman One of four woodcut illustrations to German Bible woodcut circa 1565
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Jost Amman One of four woodcut illustrations to German Bible woodcut circa 1565
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Jost Amman One of four woodcut illustrations to German Bible woodcut circa 1565
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Jost Amman One of four woodcut illustrations to German Bible woodcut circa 1565
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Jost Amman from a series of 78 plates "Die Bayerischen Fursten" "Ludovic IV of Brabant" etching 16th century
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Jost Amman From Bibliorum utriusque Testamenti icones. Frankfurt. Illustration to Book of Kings. woodcut 1571
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Jost Amman One of five illustrations, scenes of battle. of which 2 are certainly and all presumably from Flavious Josephus, History of the Jews woodcut 1569 - 1581
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Jost Amman One of five illustrations, scenes of battle. of which 2 are certainly and all presumably from Flavious Josephus, History of the Jews woodcut 1569 - 1581
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Jost Amman One of five illustrations, scenes of battle. of which 2 are certainly and all presumably from Flavious Josephus, History of the Jews woodcut 1569 - 1581
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Jost Amman One of five illustrations, scenes of battle. of which 2 are certainly and all presumably from Flavious Josephus, History of the Jews woodcut 1569 - 1581
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Jost Amman One of five illustrations, scenes of battle. of which 2 are certainly and all presumably from Flavious Josephus, History of the Jews woodcut 1569 - 1581
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Johann-Theodore de Bry Marching Soldiers, in the Center a Standard-Bearer, after a woodcut by Jost Amman. etching 16th - 17th century
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Jost Amman One illustration, Angel showing John the New Jerusalem from latin Bible on back verses from Revelations. woodcut 16th century
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Jost Amman Bibliorum utriusque testamenti iconesä (Frankfort: [printed by Georgius Corvinus for Hieronymus Feyerabend], 1571) book with 200 woodcuts 1571
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Leonard Baskin Jost Amman, tenth plate in the book, Icones librorum artifices ([Leeds, Mass.]: Gehenna Press, 1988) color etching 1988
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Jost Amman Genesis VI. Heu tanta impietasä, plate on folio B in the book Bibliorum utriusque testamenti iconesä (Frankfort: [printed by Georgius Corvinus for Hieronymus Feyerabend], 1571) woodcut 1571
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Jost Amman Genesis VII. Mox fremitu coopertusä, plate on folio B2 in the book Bibliorum utriusque testamenti iconesä (Frankfort: [printed by Georgius Corvinus for Hieronymus Feyerabend], 1571) woodcut 1571
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Jost Amman Apocalypsis X. Angelus en fortis coelesti accedit ab arceä, plate on folio b in the book Bibliorum utriusque testamenti iconesä (Frankfort: [printed by Georgius Corvinus for Hieronymus Feyerabend], 1571) woodcut 1571

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House of World Cultures: DisORIENTation: Contemporary Artistic Productions from the Near East
Is there such a thing as contemporary Arab art? What does the term Arab mean to us today? How severely have the attacks of 11 September shaken our perception of the Arab world? The DisORIENTation exhibition examines old and current views of the ...

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