Landscape with a Castle

1553

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

The image is a detailed landscape viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is positioned above the center of the composition, featuring a grand castle on a rugged cliff in the distance. The castle is surrounded by dense foliage. The engraving shows intricate line work detailing landscape elements. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia and black creating contrast. Near the viewer, there are houses with tiled roofs and wooden structures among vegetation. A path or road leads from these structures towards the distant castle. The background includes hills and clouds sketched with fine lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.94

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 25

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 57, repro.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 73, 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. 15.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 62.

Wikidata ID

Q65072883

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