A Colourful Portrait of Stefan Batory

Single-leaf woodcuts, printed separately from books, were known in Europe since the fifteenth century. The images, usually with additional text, were printed only on one side of the sheet of paper. It was a popular form of printing in German countries. Many Einblattholzschnitte were coloured, often with the use of stencils. It seems that single-leaf … Continue reading A Colourful Portrait of Stefan Batory