Master W. S.
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(Germany, early 16th century) The Adoration of the Shepherds, woodcut on laid paper, 33,2 x 52,2 cm, old inscribed "L. Cranach, Geburt Christi und Anbetung der Hirten... geschnitten von ... WS./ Wolfg. Sieber (?)" in pen and brown ink on the reverse, lightly fixed to support on the reverse, unframed, (Sch)
A comparable woodcut of Master WS with an Adoration of the Shepherds is preserved in the Albertina, Vienna. G. K. Nagler attributes the sheet to Wolfgang Stürmer (active in Leipzig 1571-1592), contrary to H. Röttinger who ascibes the woodcut to Jacob Lucius (Kronstadt 1530-Helmstedt 1597).
Literature:
See: Max Geisberg, The German Single-Leaf Woodcut: 1500-1550, New York 1974, Cat. 954-3, S. 891.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
28.04.2014 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 900.- to EUR 1,200.-
Master W. S.
(Germany, early 16th century) The Adoration of the Shepherds, woodcut on laid paper, 33,2 x 52,2 cm, old inscribed "L. Cranach, Geburt Christi und Anbetung der Hirten... geschnitten von ... WS./ Wolfg. Sieber (?)" in pen and brown ink on the reverse, lightly fixed to support on the reverse, unframed, (Sch)
A comparable woodcut of Master WS with an Adoration of the Shepherds is preserved in the Albertina, Vienna. G. K. Nagler attributes the sheet to Wolfgang Stürmer (active in Leipzig 1571-1592), contrary to H. Röttinger who ascibes the woodcut to Jacob Lucius (Kronstadt 1530-Helmstedt 1597).
Literature:
See: Max Geisberg, The German Single-Leaf Woodcut: 1500-1550, New York 1974, Cat. 954-3, S. 891.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 28.04.2014 - 17:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 18.04. - 28.04.2014 |
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