Georg Roggenbach

1554

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

The image presents a man sitting upright. His body is angled slightly to the left, but his gaze is direct. The man has distinctive facial hair, a mustache curling upward, and a long beard. He wears a cap and a textured robe with puffed sleeves. He holds a rolled paper. In the background, there is detailed scenery with a castle on a hill, surrounded by buildings and foliage. An elaborate emblem on the wall displays a shield and figures. The sky above the castle is cloudy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5328

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 9


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz Josef von Enzenberg [1802-1879], Innsbruck, (Lugt 845); Franz von Hagens, [1817 - 1899], Dresden (Lugt 1052a); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 652); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 65 ii/ii.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 9, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65020558

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