ID 1470357
Lot 302 | HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (1484-1545)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
The Bewitched Groom
woodcut
circa 1544-1545
on laid paper, watermark Barrel and countermark
a good but later impression of this rare print
second, final state
trimmed to or just outside the borderline
some minor retouches in places
generally in good condition
Block & Sheet 33,1 x 19,7 cm. (13 x 7 ¾ in.)
Provenance
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 1987, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
F. W. H. Hollstein (et al.), German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700, Vol. 2, Amsterdam, 1954-1968, no. 237, p. 139 (another impression ill.).
M. Mende, Hans Baldung Grien - Das graphische Werk, Unterschneidheim, 1978, no. 76 (another impression ill.).
G. Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550, London, 1995, no. 69, pp. 79-80. (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Verhext – Phantastische Graphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 1997 – March 1998.
| Artist: | Hans Baldung (Grien, 1484 - 1545) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | Hans Baldung (Grien, 1484 - 1545) |
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| Applied technique: | Woodcut |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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