View of Nuremberg from the West [left section]

1552

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

The image is a panoramic view of a town from an elevated point. The landscape and buildings are visible, with trees and buildings lining the horizon. Labels identify specific structures and areas. The illustration is detailed, with fine lines and shading. The color palette is monochromatic in sepia and black tones, giving an aged feel. A pastoral scene with figures, a watermill, and a field is in the foreground. Closer to the horizon are houses and a church tightly packed together. Above the town is an ornate cartouche with Latin text and decorative elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1182

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 58

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 104.

1983

  • Nuremberg: A Renaissance City, 1500-1618, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, no. 164, 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. 5.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 51.

Wikidata ID

Q65508692

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