2-Antique Master Prints-ENGRAVED-PASSION-1512-PAIR-Muller-D?rer-c.1600

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.5 x 16.5 cm (4.53 x 6.5 inch). Image size: 11.5 x 16.5 cm. (4.53 x 6.5 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Missing sections due to paper loss from rodents eating. Both prints show strong impressions. Toning and foxing present. Some damage to paper edges. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JAN HARMENSZ MULLER D?RER ENGRAVED PASSION FLAGELLATION CARRYING CROSS 1512 GERMAN RENAISSANCE RELIGIOUS | PCO-E30-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

After plates from Durer’s Engraved Passion (1512). Reverse copies by Jan Harmensz. Muller.

Reference: Strauss, The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht D?rer (1976), p. 172.

Biography engraver: Jan Harmensz. Muller (1571-1628) was a Dutch engraver and painter active in Amsterdam. He was known for masterfully reproducing works by Renaissance masters, especially Durer and Italian Mannerists.

Biography artist: Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Renaissance. He is celebrated for his woodcuts and engravings, especially his religious cycles like the Passion series.