Landscape with a Fortress and Big Stairway

1554

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

This image shows a grand castle on a rocky landscape. The view is from a slightly lower elevation, looking up at the structure. The horizon is not clearly visible as the castle and surrounding rocks dominate the scene. The drawing style features detailed line work depicting the architecture and foliage, with a monochromatic color palette of black ink. The castle is surrounded by dense trees and shrubs, with other structures visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 31

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 53.

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. 21.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 64.

Wikidata ID

Q65072860

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