Augustin
Hirschvogel (1503–1553)
“Jacob
Wrestling with the Angel” (TIB title), 1548 (inscribed in plate), from the
series of 104 illustrations published in Vienna in 1550 by Aegidius Adler (fl.mid-1500s)
in “Vorredt und eingang der Concordantzen alt und news Testaments."
The Curator of
the British Museum advises that Adler’s publication features “[t]wo etchings to
a page with German letterpress above and below with relevant biblical passages”
(see BM no. 1926,0617.13.55). TIB notes that this print is paired with the
etching “The Nailing to the Cross” (see TIB 18 [9].1.73 [171]).
Etching on fine
laid paper trimmed around the platemark (with loss of the letterpress text above
the platemark) and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 11.7
x 14.8 cm; (image borderline) 11.3 x 14.5 cm.
Inscribed in
plate within the image borderline: (lower right-of-centre) “1548”.
TIB 18 (9).1.72
(171) (Jane S Peters [ed.] 1982, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of
the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 18, Abaris Books, New York, p. 166, cat. no. 1.72
[171]); Schwarz 69; Hollstein 134b.
See also the descriptions
of this print offered by The British Museum and The National Gallery of Art: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1926-0617-13-61
& https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.33625.html.
Condition: a strong
and well-printed lifetime impression (based on the line quality with no sign of
wear to the printing plate), trimmed around to the plate-mark and laid onto a
support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in a
very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant
stains.
I am selling
this very early and extremely rare etching illustrating an Old Testament scene
from Genesis 32, for AU$310 in total (currently/approximately US $200.54/EUR
188.15/ GBP 160.77 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail
(EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any
import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in
Australian dollars (AU $310) as this is my currency.
If you are
interested in acquiring this Renaissance period print executed in
Michelangelo’s lifetime by the artist who arguably popularised the great Albrecht
Altdorfer’s somewhat panoramic approach to landscape—note, for example, the
artful arrangement of the four herds of animals portrayed in diminishing sizes
and spatial intervals into the distance—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
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