Landscape with a Castle and Radiating Sun

1553

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

The image depicts a landscape with an elevated castle on a hill surrounded by dense trees. Mountain ranges can be seen in the background, with the sun shining from the right side, casting light and shadows across the scene. The illustration uses detailed line work and cross-hatching techniques, creating texture and depth. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing contrast and shading. In the foreground, there are small buildings, trees, and a winding path leading towards the castle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.478

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 105, repro.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1978 (vol. XXI), no. 14.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 60.

1969

  • Yale UAG 1969, 105.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 118, fig.2.47, 118.

Wikidata ID

Q65072856

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