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Hans Burgkmair  (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)

Artist:
Block cut by Jost de Negker (1480–1546)
Medium:
Chiaroscuro woodcut in three blocks; third state of three
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 3/16 in. (23.2 × 15.7 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941
Accession Number:
41.1.72

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: at lower left: H / BVRGKMAIR; at bottom center: JOST DE NEGKER ZU AUGSPURG

    Marking: on verso, at bottom left: collector's mark of Paul Davidsohn [Lugt]

  • Provenance

    Paul Davidsohn (German, born 1839); Donor: Felix Moritz Warburg , and his family

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch VII.215.40; Dodgson II.85.46 iiib/iiib; Hollstein V.124.724 iiib/ iiib

  • References

    "The Print in the North: The Age of Albrecht Durer and Lucas van Leyden". LIV (Spring, 4), New York, 1997, p. 33.



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