Imaginary Landscape, 1543, 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., 5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.3 cm), Drawings, Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna), 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
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Imaginary Landscape, 1543, Pen, dark brown ink, brush, grayish blue watercolor, washed, blue, heightened, opaque white, greenish prepared paper, 5 11/16 x 8 3/8, 14.4 21.3 cm, Drawings, Hanns Lautensack, German, Bamberg, ca., 1520–1564/66 Vienna, drawing, dated 1543, homogeneous group, eight, correspond, series, landscape etchings, attributable, early years, Sharing, decorative quality, refined sense, craft, related drawings, belong, tradition, ‘imaginary landscapes, gained popularity, middle, sixteenth century, Netherlands
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