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Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees

1551
(German, 1524–1566)
Culture
Germany
Medium
etching
Measurements
Image: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Public Domain
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Location
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The vertical break in the center of this composition indicates where two different plates were used and then printed together on the same sheet of paper.

Description

In this work, Hanns Lautensack used two etching plates and printed them side by side on one sheet of paper, though the reason for this is not clear. The print also displays a printing error, namely the presence of “foul biting,” small dots in the sky that indicate failure of the acid-resistant ground. Such mistakes, or experimentations, were not unusual in the early decades of the development of the etching medium, when artists were still refining their formulas and procedures. Happily, perhaps, the errors abide well with the naturalistic landscape scene.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts a landscape bisected by a tree with drooping, fringe-like foliage. To the left, a town with gabled roofs and spires borders a river. To the right, a wooden cottage with a picket fence is nestled in leafy trees. Dense hatching and cross-hatching create texture throughout. Thin, horizontal strokes suggest the sky and water, while fine lines define the arched bridge.

Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees

1551

Hanns Lautensack

(German, 1524–1566)
Germany

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