1532 Hans Weiditz - 2 Master Woodcuts - Architecture Building / Virgin Homeland
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2 extremely fine and detail woodcuts executed by Hans Weiditz.Original woodcut leaf from Weidlitz's striking series of woodcuts produced for Petrach's Trostspiegel published in 1532. This impression a little later, although still strong.30 x 19.9 cmWeiditz was not only the most versatile but the busiest of the illustrators of his time... and one of the little group of outstanding woodcut designers of the German Renaissance with a highly individualized style and a most personal outl...ook on life. More than any of his fellows he knew how to break up the surfaces of his blocks into rich tapestries... and to keep the notation of fact interestingand piquant. Passing by these more technical and aesthetic aspects of his work, we can find unfailing pleasure in the reports of life and manners. He might almost be claimed as the first of the social caricaturists, the first artist who with full command over his printing surface devoted himself to subject matter which in later years was to be so variously handled by such men as Hogarth, Moreau, Chodowiecki, Daumier, and Gavarni, [HANS WEIDITZ: A STUDY IN PERSONALITY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, W. M. I., JR. ] Light age toning to leaf commensurate with age.PRODUCT CATEGORIESAllAgricultureAnatomy & MedicineAntiquarian BooksArchitectureArtBirdsBottanyButterflies and InsectsCaricature & HumourCostume and FashionDance of DeathDecorative Arts and MusicDecorative GraphicEmblematicaEthnographics / American IndianFish and AquaticFood and DrinkFruit and VegetableFurniture / Decorative ArtGarden DesignHistoryMapsMaster EngravingsMilitary HistoryMusic & Music InstrumentsMythology and ClassicalNatural HistoryOcculta Magic WitchcraftPortraitsReligious ArtReptiles & AmphibiansScience Social ScienceSportsTrades & ProfessionsTransportationTravel and GeographyZoologyOther 1532 Hans Weiditz - 2 Master Woodcuts - Architecture Building / Virgin HomelandDESCRIPTION2 extremely fine and detail woodcuts executed by Hans Weiditz.Original woodcut leaf from Weidlitz's striking series of woodcuts produced for Petrach's Trostspiegel published in 1532. This impression a little later, although still strong.30 x 19.9 cmWeiditz was not only the most versatile but the busiest of the illustrators of his time... and one of the little group of outstanding woodcut designers of the German Renaissance with a highly individualized style and a most personal outlook on life. More than any of his fellows he knew how to break up the surfaces of his blocks into rich tapestries... and to keep the notation of fact interestingand piquant. Passing by these more technical and aesthetic aspects of his work, we can find unfailing pleasure in the reports of life and manners. He might almost be claimed as the first of the social caricaturists, the first artist who with full command over his printing surface devoted himself to subject matter which in later years was to be so variously handled by such men as Hogarth, Moreau, Chodowiecki, Daumier, and Gavarni, [HANS WEIDITZ: A STUDY IN PERSONALITY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, W. M. I., JR. ] Light age toning to leaf commensurate with age.CROSS SELL1669 Greater Kudu Goat - Conrad GESNER FOLIO - 3 original WOODCUT hand colored$49.99SHOP NOW!1657 Red Deer Antelope Roe Deer - Matt. MERIAN Folio Handcolored Engraving$69.99SHOP NOW!1766 De Seve - WOODLARK - large QUARTO edition hand colored engraving$19.99SHOP NOW!1870 BUTTERFLIES MOTHS Berge - large quarto Chromolithograph with hand finish$14.99SHOP NOW!1543 [1774] Leonhard FUCHS Salomon Schinz FOLIO - Water-Plantain 38cm - handcol$49.99SHOP NOW!1860 Sunbird Reedling Parus - early FOLIO colour lithograph hand finish$19.99SHOP NOW!1830 Loach Nase Chela cultrata - Brodtmann handcol lithograph$39.99SHOP NOW!Marcus Gheeraerts I (1521–1636); Master Engraving - The Cat & the Chicken Aesop$49.99SHOP NOW!1860 Cotinga Waxwing Fruitcrow - early FOLIO colour lithograph hand finish$19.99SHOP NOW!1529 Virgil FOLIO fine WOODCUT with initials - Aeneid: The Site of Rome$99.99SHOP NOW!1860 Milan Falcon - early FOLIO colour lithograph hand finish$19.99SHOP NOW!1868 J. Sarazin - Anatomy - Medicine - superb folio stone colour lithograph$18.99SHOP NOW!GUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPINGGUARANTEE GUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPINGGUARANTEE This print is an original antique print and not a modern reproduction. I guarantee this print to be authentic. Due to its age, some imperfections can be expected.GUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPING PAYMENT GUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPING PAYMENT Invoices will be sent through eBay's checkout system within 24 hours of the auction ending. Returns, for any reason, are accepted within a month of Payment.GUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPING SHIPPINGGUARANTEEPAYMENTSHIPPING SHIPPINGShipping is via Royal Mail and all shipments are insured.For Prints of all sizes: Standard International delivery to North America and Western Europe is US$ 8.90; for all other regions US$ 13.90.StoreFeedbackContact UsAdd to Favorites
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