Augustus Hertzog zu Sachsen

1564

Jakob Lucius the Elder

Artist, German, c. 1530 - 1597

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    block: 20.7 x 15.1 cm (8 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.5 x 17.6 cm (11 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.58.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 22, State undesc.


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 22

Inscriptions

AVGVSTVS DEI GRATIA / DVX SAXONIAE, SCRI ROMANI IMPE= / RII ACHIMARSCHALLVS ET ELECTOR, LANGGRA= / ...Magdeburgensis

Wikidata ID

Q76439296


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