GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
308 [German]
DÜRER, Albrecht - The Dream of the Doctor. 1498.
Engraving, 18,6 x 11,8 cm, laid paper, monogrammed at lower edge (trimmed
to border or fractionally into the subject, sm. restaurations on verso, sl. toned).
Good impression.
300 / 400 €
310 [German]
DÜRER, Albrecht - Landscape with cannon. Nuremberg, 1518.
Etching on iron, 21,5 x 32,3 cm, signed in plate with monogram at top left corner
(underlaid with mod. paper with min. def. on verso, trimmed to platemarks).
Under passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
Later copy of Dürer’s most enigmatic engravings. Pictured is a slothful, selfindulgent
individual who sleeps in front of his heated fireplace, comfortably
resting his head against a soft pillow. According to medieval codes of conduct
such behaviour encouraged temptation, which is represented by a demon who
«blows» sinful thoughts into the sleeper’s ear. Probably the dream itself is
represented by the nude Venus, voluptuous and inviting. She is accompanied by
a playful Eros.
Ref. Meder 70. - Hollstein VIII:70. - Bartsch 76.
Prov. Coll. stamp on verso.
309 [German]
DÜRER, Albrecht - Ecce Homo. Nürnberg, 1512.
Engraving, 11,7 x 7,5 cm, laid paper , monogrammed and dated in pl. (sm. paper
repairs, late impression from rubbed pl, sm. crease in lower left corner, trimmed
to edges). Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
500 / 600 €
Later 16th-cent. reverse copy of Dürer’s Ecce Homo, from the so-called Engraved
Passion. Christ wearing a crown of thorns standing on the steps next to Pontius
Pilate, on the left onlookers and three crosses.
Ref. Meder 10b. - Bartsch VI.36.10. - Schoch I.52.
Prov. Coll. stamp (Lugt 3751).
As one of Dürer’s largest etchings, this is an in intriguing print depicting a socalled
«Feldschlange» (i.e. filed serpent), a Nuremberg vintage cannon used in
the wars against the Turks of Emperor Maximilian I. It is not clear if the oriental
figure on the right is a captive or an envoy inspecting the powerful weapon. The
village in the background has been identified as Reuth, near Nuremberg. A dark,
warm yet later impression of the 1st state (of 2).
Ref. Meder 96.1. - Panofsky 206. - German Hollstein 96.1.- Bartsch 99.1
Joined: Hopfer, Hieronymus. After Albrecht Dürer. Landscape with cannon.
Copy after print above. Etching, 19,3 x 28,2 cm, laid paper, signed in plate with
monogram at top left corner, wide margins. Under passe-partout. Ref. Bartsch
VIII:518. (2pcs)
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