Sale: 413 / Old Masters, May 24. 2014 in Munich Lot 9

 

9
Hans Burgkmair
Die Hottentotten. Der König von Gutzin, 1508.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 900 / $ 963
Sold:
€ 1,250 / $ 1,337

(incl. surcharge)
Die Hottentotten. Der König von Gutzin. 1508.
3 Woodcute.
Bartsch 77. Muther 13-15. Geisberg 511, 512 I (of II), 513. Hollstein 733-735. Monogrammed, dated and titled in printing block. On wove paper, all three sheets mounted together. Size of individual printing block up to ca. 27 x 40 cm (10,6 x 15,7 in). Overall size: 33,2 x 114,5 cm (13,1 x 45 in).
Right sheet verso with laminated typographic text in french.
Reprints from original wooden blocks from collection Hans Albrecht von Derschau (1754-1824), today in possession of Museum of Prints and Drawings of Berlin State Museums. Rudolph Zacharias Becker published reprints from variosu artists in 1808, among them by Burgkmair, under rhe title "Holzschnitte alter Deutscher Meister in den Original Platten gesammelt von Hans Albrecht von Derschau [..]". [CB].




9
Hans Burgkmair
Die Hottentotten. Der König von Gutzin, 1508.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 900 / $ 963
Sold:
€ 1,250 / $ 1,337

(incl. surcharge)