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Northern School — A Collection Of Portraits
Northern School

A Collection Of Portraits

A collection of six portrait prints by Northern School masters, comprising three engravings, two woodcuts, and one etching executed by distinguished artists including Melchior Lorck, Erhard Schon, Wenceslaus Hollar, Anton Wierix II, Jan Harmensz Muller, and Cristoffel van Sichem. The group includes three notable portraits of Albrecht Dürer alongside depictions of Ernst Archduke of Austria, Bartholomeus Spranger, and a Young Man Wearing a Richly Decorated Hat. Each work is presented unframed, representing a fine cross-section of Northern European printmaking traditions.

Medium
Three engravings, two woodcuts and one etching by Melchior Lorck, Erhard Schon, Wenceslaus Hollar, Anton Wierix II, Jan Harmensz Muller, and Cristoffel van Sichem respectively, including three portraits of Albrecht Dürer (Holl. 21, 156, 693); and portraits of Ernst Archduke of Austria, Bartholomeus Spranger, and a Young Man Wearing a Richly Decorated Hat (unrecorded; Holl. 98, 136), each unframed

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Prints & Multiples

March 19, 2020

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

Lot 52

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Northern School, A Collection Of Portraits

A collection of six portrait prints by Northern School masters, comprising three engravings, two woodcuts, and one etching executed by distinguished artists including Melchior Lorck, Erhard Schon, Wenceslaus Hollar, Anton Wierix II, Jan Harmensz Muller, and Cristoffel van Sichem. The group includes three notable portraits of Albrecht Dürer alongside depictions of Ernst Archduke of Austria, Bartholomeus Spranger, and a Young Man Wearing a Richly Decorated Hat. Each work is presented unframed, representing a fine cross-section of Northern European printmaking traditions.

Medium
Three engravings, two woodcuts and one etching by Melchior Lorck, Erhard Schon, Wenceslaus Hollar, Anton Wierix II, Jan Harmensz Muller, and Cristoffel van Sichem respectively, including three portraits of Albrecht Dürer (Holl. 21, 156, 693); and portraits of Ernst Archduke of Austria, Bartholomeus Spranger, and a Young Man Wearing a Richly Decorated Hat (unrecorded; Holl. 98, 136), each unframed
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Related themes

Multiple Artists, Etching, Historical, Portrait, Woodcut, Engraving, Figurative, Black and White, Northern European, Renaissance

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