Hans Wechtlin

Wechtlin's woodcut Knight and Halberdier, reproduced in black-and-white. 26.8 x 18 cm.[1]

Johann, Johannes or Hans Wechtlin was a German Renaissance artist, active between at least 1502 and 1526, whose woodcuts are his only certainly surviving work.[2] He was the most prolific producer of German chiaroscuro woodcuts, printed in two or more colours, during their period in fashion, though most of his output was of book illustrations.

  1. ^ "Coloured version from Cleveland Museum of Art". Archived from the original on 2004-10-30. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  2. ^ Variant contemporary spellings are Veuchtelin, Wächtlin, or Wechtle