View of Regensburg Artist: Franz Kirchmaier (German, died 1589)
Woodcutter: Dietrich Winhart (German, 16th century)
Woodcutter: Monogrammist I.S. (German, 16th century)

1589

Prints and Drawings

On view, 4th floor, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

overall: 24 1/2 × 87 1/4 in. (62.3 × 221.6 cm)

Credit Line

Richard S. Field Fund for Contemporary Photography and Works on Paper

Accession Number

2021.76.1

Culture

German

Period

16th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Franz Ritter von Hauslab (1798–1883), Vienna (Lugt.1247). Princes von und zu Liechtenstein, Vienna and Vaduz Liechtenstein(Lugt.4398). Private collection, Switzerland; by inheritance within the family, Switzerland, later United States [see note 1]; sale, Schuler Auktionen, Zurich, June 26, 2020, lot 3074 ; sold to C.G. Boerner, New York, June 26, 2020; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: According to Schuler Auktionen, the Kirchmaier print comes from a Swiss woman who now lives in the United States. She inherited the print from her father who died forty years ago. He had inherited the print from his father. (see email in curatorial file from Dr. F. Carlo Schmid of Boerner's who spoke to Elisabeth Zürcher at Schuler Auktionen on September 28, 2021)

This work appears on our "Artworks with Nazi-Era Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hollstein, Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1400–1700, XIX (Amsterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 1976), 6, no. Kirchmaier 1
  • Walter L. Strauss, The German Single-Leaf Woodcut 1550–1600, Volume 3: S–Z, 3 (New York: Abaris Books, 1975), 1195, no. 3
  • Walter L. Strauss, The German Single-Leaf Woodcut 1550–1600, Volume 2: K–R, 2 (New York: Abaris Books, 1975), pp. 512–513, no. no. 3, ill
  • G.K. Nagler, Die Monogrammisten, 2 Volumes (Munich: G. Franz, 1858–79), no. 1458, 2203, and 2228
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

woodcuts

Marks

Verso, LL: Lugt 1247

Inscriptions

LR, in graphite: J--- D--- H. 25\r\nVerso, in brown ink: 51

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