Man purging fluid from lungs (recto) and Plant for abdominal pain (verso) from Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health), Plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1491

Medium: Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions: Image, recto: 8.7 × 6.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Image, verso: 10.5 × 6.2 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 20.7 cm (12 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago