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Schauffelein woodcut Plenarium 1514 (1)

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Hans Schauffelein - DAS PLENARIUM - 1514

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DAS PLENARIUM By Adam Petri March 1514 Original woodcut for the Plenarium, Basel, 1514. Very good dark impression showing no breaks in the border and printing clearly throughout; small margins on all sides.

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SKU xxl38
Picture Size 9,30 by 6,60 cm
Specification Print
technic Woodcut
Artist Hans Schaufelein
period 16th Century
School German
subject Religious
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Hans SchaufeleinHans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540)

German painter and designer of woodcuts. As a painter he was much influenced by Durer his master, but his woodcuts are both more original and more important than his pictures. He often signed his works HS with a little shovel (Schuffelein).

He was born in Nuremberg, probably studied under Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of Dürer, whom he imitated. In 1512 he went to Augsburg and in 1515 removed to Nordlingen. He is a graceful narrator, and his types, though rarely accurately drawn, are attractive, but he lacks power and depth. Characteristic early paintings are the altarpiece at Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1502), "Scenes from the Life of Christ" (Dresden Gallery), and "St. Jerome" (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg). To his Nordlingen period belong his masterpiece, the so-called "Ziegler Altar" for St. George's Church (1521), part of which is still in the church, part in the museum; "Scenes from the Story of Judith," in the town hall; and the illuminated Psalter for Count von Ottingen, now in the Berlin print room. His most important woodcuts are those for the Theuerdank of Emperor Maximilian. Schäufelein created a playing card deck about 1535, which is regarded as a highlight in German 16th century playing card production.

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