Johann Aventinus (Johann Turmair)

1554

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

This is an engraving of a man sitting with a calm expression, deep-set eyes, and a beard. He wears a cap and a long-sleeved gown, holding a quill pen and book in one hand. There is an inkwell nearby. Text is placed above and below the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.3 x 16.4 cm (7 3/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5330

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 1, State (woodcut)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

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. 48.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 13.

Wikidata ID

Q65020561

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