Long horizontal engraving of scrolling vines with leaves and round medallions containing small figures, some crowned, and animals, on a dark ground.

Ornament with the Tree of Jesse, engraving

A long horizontal engraving on paper shows dense scrolling vines and small leaves framing circular medallions of figures in late medieval dress. Crowned and seated figures, a man with a bird, and animals appear among the foliage, with a reclining figure at the bottom center.

Artist: Israhel van Meckenem, the younger
Date: 1480–90
Medium: Engraving on paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 775 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1490).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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