Imaginary Landscape
This drawing, dated 1543, is one of a homogeneous group of eight that correspond to a series of landscape etchings all attributable to Hanns Lautensack in his early years. Sharing the same decorative quality and refined sense of craft, these related drawings belong to a tradition of ‘imaginary landscapes” that gained popularity around the middle of the sixteenth century, especially in the Netherlands. The markedly decorative execution of the works suggests their intended display in a “studio” context, part of the growing mania to display art collections in private Kunstkammern.
Artwork Details
- Title: Imaginary Landscape
- Artist: Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)
- Date: 1543
- Medium: Pen and dark brown ink and brush and grayish blue watercolor, washed in blue, heightened with brush and opaque white, on greenish blue prepared paper.
- Dimensions: 5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.3 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.864
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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