Upright Landscape with High, Wooded Cliff
Artist/Maker
Hanns Lautensack
(German, ca. 1520–1564/66)
Date1553
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 6 9/16 × 4 3/8 in. (16.7 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Max Kade Foundation
Portfolioseries of landscapes (12 prints in total)
Object number1968.116
Status
Not on viewKnown for both topographical views and portraits, Lautensack also created fanciful landscapes that are less about the observed details of nature than about one’s emotional response to the idea of nature. Lautensack deftly wields the etching needle, creating exaggerated forms and artfully constructed vistas that encourage the viewer to follow him into his world of a believable but completely invented landscape.
ProvenanceMax Kade [1882-1967], New York, (L.1561a), until 1968; Max Kade Foundation, New York; by gift 1968 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
German Renaissance Prints 1470-1550
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 1999 - January 30, 2000 )
Between Fact and Fantasy: The Artistic Imagination in Print
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2014 - June 22, 2014 )
Picturing the Land
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 9, 2021 - August 13, 2021 )
Collections
- European
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