Monogrammist DS
Basilisk Supporting the Arms of the City of Basel
1510
Physical Qualities
Woodcut and letterpress with hand coloring, Image (sight): 250 × 145 mm. (9 13/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jonas R. Rappeport, Baltimore
Object Number
2017.50
Image used as a printer's mark or device for the Basel-based firm of Johannes Amerbach, Johannes Froben (d. 1527) and Johannes Petri (also Johannas Petrejus, 1497-1550?); image first appeared in books dating to 1511.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Dr. Jonas Rappeport. Baltimore, MD.