Albrecht Dürer Renaissance Engraving Pilate Amand Durand Etched Copy ON SALE

Description: Regular: $115, on sale at 85 for Labor Day thru 9/2/2024 Albrecht Dürer 1512 Renaissance engraving ‘Pilate Washing His Hands,’ plate 9 from the Engraved Passion, remarkably accurate intaglio facsimile at original size etched and printed in the 1800s by Amand Durand in Paris. It's difficult to photograph the great detail of these works, but the last image shows the precision of Amand Durand's etching. Printed on a large sheet of relatively thin paper. Some bends at edge, nothing anywhere near the images. Image: 4.63 x 2.9 inches; platemark: 5.25 x 3.3 inches; sheet: 15.5 x 10.5 inches Shipped in archival glassine in a heavy-duty tube 3" in diameter. Thank you for looking at my lot. I hope you’ll consider checking out my other listings, and enjoy your day! “The Engraved Passion (1507-1512) was one of four major series of religious prints made by Dürer, and helped to establish his reputation as an outstanding Renaissance printmaker. The others were the woodcut series of the Life of the Virgin, the Great Passion, and the Little Passion, all published in 1511. The Engraved Passion consists of fifteen small scale engravings and tells the story of Christ's betrayal by Judas, his crucifixion and resurrection. Dürer is renowned for inventing new and imaginative ways to depict scenes from Christian stories, and in the Engraved Passion the compositions of each plate are dramatic, intricate and complex, with emotive contrasts of light and shadow. Unlike the more populist woodcut prints, they were designed to appeal to a more exclusive market of connoisseurs and collectors. Because it took several years for the series to be completed, it is likely that individual images were sold separately. The series was also sold in sets for devotional use, and was widely copied by other printmakers and in other media.” – Victoria & Albert Museum Amand Durand searched museums and private collections for outstanding impressions of the greatest Renaissance engravings. He then transferred the images in their original sizes onto copper and etched them into the plates. The results were intaglio plates he inked, wiped, and printed by hand just like the originals, creating facsimiles so remarkable that it’s not uncommon to see them in museum and private collections.

Price: 85 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

End Time: 2024-09-19T02:36:49.000Z

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