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Engraving of a bearded man in a robe at a study table with a perspective frame, polyhedra and an hourglass in wall niches, and a leaded window.

Portret van Wenzel Jamnitzer, bezig met perspectivische berekeningen

A bearded man in a long robe sits at a wooden table in a stone-walled study, working with a perspective device of upright rods and a sighting frame beside a drawing board. Polyhedra rest in a niche beside an hourglass, and a leaded window lights the room in this fine pen-and-ink print, identified in the record as Wenzel Jamnitzer.

Artist
Jost Amman
Date
1561-1591
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2529 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1591.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Wenzel Jamnitzer trabajando en cálculos de perspectiva

Un hombre barbudo con túnica larga se sienta ante una mesa de madera en un estudio de muros de piedra, manejando un aparato de varillas verticales y un visor junto a una tabla de dibujo. En los nichos hay poliedros y un reloj de arena, y una ventana emplomada ilumina la habitación.

Português: Wenzel Jamnitzer trabalhando em cálculos de perspectiva

Um homem barbudo de túnica longa senta-se a uma mesa de madeira em um estúdio de paredes de pedra, operando um aparelho de hastes verticais e um visor ao lado de uma prancheta. Nos nichos há poliedros e uma ampulheta, e uma janela de vitrais em chumbo ilumina o cômodo.

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