View of Nuremberg from the East [center section]

1552

Hanns Lautensack

Associated Names
Hanns Lautensack

Artist, German, 1524 - 1561/1566

The image shows a bird's-eye view of a historically rendered cityscape. The city features detailed architecture, a river flowing through it, and various activities taking place. Prominent buildings and church steeples are depicted along the horizon. The artwork showcases precise linework typical of engravings, with a monochromatic color palette of sepia or gray. Figures, cultivated landscape, and bustling daily life are depicted in the foreground, while intricate details of rooftops and buildings are visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5333

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 59


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Nuremberg: A Renaissance City, 1500-1618, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, no. 163, 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. 4.

1957

  • Schmitt, Annegrit. Hans Lautensack. Nuremberg: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, 1957, no. 50.

Wikidata ID

Q65020575

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