Name: Rare-Antique Master Print-DURER-DOUBLE-PORTRAIT-Kilian-D?rer-c.1628
SKU: PICTURA-10315
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Rare-Antique Master Print-DURER-DOUBLE-PORTRAIT-Kilian-D?rer-c.1628

€750.00

‘ALBERTI DURERI NORIBERGENSIS, PICTORUM GERMANIAE PRINCIPIS, EFFIGIES GENUINA DUPLEX […] VIVIT POST FVNERA VIRTVS’

– Double portrait of Albrecht D?rer standing on either side of a table in a grand archway, pointing to a model and drawing instruments; based on his self-portraits in the Heller Altarpiece and All Saints Altarpiece.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26 x 43.5 cm (10.24 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 26 x 43.5 cm. (10.24 x 17.13 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Trimmed to the image. Light soiling and small small holes in bottom tekst area. Vague horizontal fold line, not noticable at the front. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ALBRECHT D?RER, LUCAS KILIAN, GERMAN ENGRAVING, SELF-PORTRAIT, 17TH CENTURY PRINT, ARTIST TRIBUTE, HELLER ALTARPIECE, ALL SAINTS ALTARPIECE | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Lucas Kilian, Augsburg ca. 1628. Based on D?rer’s altarpiece paintings.

Reference: LCCN 2015650882 (Library of Congress); FP – XVII – K482, no. 106.

Biography engraver: Lucas Kilian (1579?1637) was a German engraver from Augsburg, known for his detailed portrait engravings and work commemorating historical and religious figures. Member of the Kilian dynasty of artists.

Biography artist: Albrecht D?rer (1471?1528) was a German Renaissance artist, acclaimed for his woodcuts, engravings, and theoretical writings on perspective and proportion. His work bridged Northern European and Italian Renaissance styles.