The Lovers Surprised by Death

Hans Burgkmair1510

Details

Title: The Lovers Surprised by Death
Creator: Hans Burgkmair I
Date Created: 1510
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 21.3 x 15.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
Provenance: Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966, L2770], Vienna;[1] (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); sold 1947 to (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); sold 3 November 1947 to Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1948 to NGA. [1]This print is inventory no. 804 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).
Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 3 blocks: black line block and 2 tone blocks in shades of red on laid paper

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