Andreas
Luining (aka Monogrammist AL; Andreas Luning) (fl.1589–1593)
“Ornamental frieze with Luna and Mythical Creatures”, 1582–89,
from the series of twelve ornamental plates
Engraving on laid paper trimmed close to the image borderline and
re-margined with a support sheet backing.
Size: (re-margined sheet) 21.3 x 25.8 cm; (unevenly trimmed sheet)
3.6 x 9.7 cm
Signed on plate with monogram, “A […] L”, at lower edge.
Hollstein 7; Nagler Monogrammisten I, 798, 5. With the monogram
(Nagler Monogrammisten I, 798 and 821)
See another engraving from the same series at MK&G Collection
Online: https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/en/object/Rankfries/O1907.741/dc00102361
See also other engravings by Luining at the Rijksmuseum: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/zoeken?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Andreas%20Luining&st=Objects&ii=5
Condition: strong impression—undoubtedly a lifetime impression
based on the crisp quality of the linework—with no signs of wear to the plate,
trimmed near the image borderline and re-margined with a support sheet of
archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in excellent impression
(i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing).
I am selling this exceptionally rare ornamental border engraving executed
during the High Renaissance, for the total cost of AU$176 (currently US$131.71/EUR11.70/GBP97.67)
including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course,
any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this superb print featuring a
marvellous assortment of fictional animals such as winged deer and sphinx-like
beasts, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you
a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
This is a VERY tiny print. In fact, when I compared the length of
the print to my index finger I can report that it is about the same size—if my
finger were to be painfully stretched a little. To my eyes the small size of
the print is strangely important in the sense that its unusual size is visually
arresting and invites close examination of each minuscule detail.
Regarding these details, what I find amazing about the
mythological animals portrayed in the ornamental frieze is that they are shown
interacting with each other. For example, the mirror images of rearing winged
deer on the left and right sides of the composition seem to have bumped an urn
of liquid which is now cascading down to a sedentary sphinx-like beast holding a
snake entwined staff—perhaps Hermes' caduceus? This poor animal that is about
to be saturated is oblivious to the pending disaster. Going further, even the goddess,
Luna, at the centre of the composition is portrayed as active in the sense that
she is holding two highly agitated dogs pulling against their leads.
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