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Group of Seven Horses
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HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (CIRCA 1484 / 85 - 1545)
Group of Seven Horses
woodcut
1534
on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower (similar to Piccard VII 1852; recorded Cleve, 1530)
a fine and rare, early impression
printing a little dryly in the dark background, with much gaufrage
with narrow to thread margins
some pale foxing and minor stains
generally in very good condition
Block 227 x 336 mm.
Sheet 230 x 338 mm.
Group of Seven Horses
woodcut
1534
on laid paper, watermark Gothic P with Flower (similar to Piccard VII 1852; recorded Cleve, 1530)
a fine and rare, early impression
printing a little dryly in the dark background, with much gaufrage
with narrow to thread margins
some pale foxing and minor stains
generally in very good condition
Block 227 x 336 mm.
Sheet 230 x 338 mm.
Provenance
Ducs d'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen, Westphalia (Lugt 567); probably their sale, Christie's, London, 16 July 1902, as part of lot 344 ('Various Woodcuts, by H. B. Grün; and Others; ...') (£11-10; to Rinnell).
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
Bartsch 57; Hollstein 239
C. Koch et. al., Hans Baldung Grien, exh. cat., Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, July - September 1959, no. 79, p. 279-281 (another impression ill.).
M. Mende, Hans Baldung Grien - Das Graphische Werk, Unterschneidheim, 1978, no. 78, p. 48 (another impression ill.)
G. Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550, exh,. cat., British Museum, London, 1995, no. 65, p. 76 (another impression ill.).
C. Koch et. al., Hans Baldung Grien, exh. cat., Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, July - September 1959, no. 79, p. 279-281 (another impression ill.).
M. Mende, Hans Baldung Grien - Das Graphische Werk, Unterschneidheim, 1978, no. 78, p. 48 (another impression ill.)
G. Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550, exh,. cat., British Museum, London, 1995, no. 65, p. 76 (another impression ill.).
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