Image Title

:  [Early German woodcut of a New World scene.]

Published Date

: [ca. 1505]

Depicted Date

: [ca. 1505]

Medium

: Woodcuts -- Hand-colored

Specific Material Type

: Prints

Item Physical Description

: 1 print ; 22 x 33.3 cm.

Notes

: One of the earliest ethnographic portrayals of the inhabitants of the New World, this woodcut by an anonymous artist is based on descriptions brought back to Europe by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers.

Standard Reference

: Deák 004

Source Description

: 1 print ; 22 x 33.3 cm.

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Spencer Collection

Digital ID

: 54645

Record ID

: 118521

Digital Item Published

: 10-24-2005; updated 7-11-2008