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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
Lot 137

Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)

The Fountain of Augustus in Augsburg

Closed9 December 2015

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GBP 1,125

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Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)
The Fountain of Augustus in Augsburg
engraving, 1598, on laid paper, watermark R in a Circle, a good impression of this rare print, trimmed on or just inside the platemark but outside the border on three sides, fractionally inside the border at lower right, the paper irregularly stained mainly along the left side of the sheet, some other pale staining and foxing mainly visible verso, otherwise in good condition

S. 483 x 362 mm.

R. Johannes Meyer (1882-1967), Hamburg; then by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present engraving is Kilian's first print, created when he was only 18 years old, as he proudly stated in the inscription. The Augustus Fountain in Augsburg depicted here was created by Hubert Gerhard (circa 1540/50-1620) between 1588 and 1594, and is one of the most important works of mannerist sculpture in Germany. For a print relating to another of the three monumental fountains of Augsburg, please see the following lot.