Live Auction 5701Old Master Prints
Monogrammist CR (German, active circa 1530-50)
Lot 29

Monogrammist CR (German, active circa 1530-50)

Landscape with a large Lake and two Ships, a City beyond (not in Nagler)

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 1,250

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Monogrammist CR (German, active circa 1530-50)
Landscape with a large Lake and two Ships, a City beyond (not in Nagler)
etching, circa 1530-50, watermark Double-headed Eagle in Shield with Crown and Initials M (similar to Briquet 326, dated 1589-91, Brünn), a good impression of this extremely rare, undescribed print, printing with a light platetone, inky plate edges and stray printing ink beyond the platemark, with margins, some minor staining at the sheet edges just touching the subject at right where previously bound, in very good condition
P. 154 x 231 mm., S. 177 x 242 mm.

Specialist note

According to Nagler (N. 589), the Monogrammist CR was active around 1544 and probably a goldsmith. He records eight prints of landscapes by this anonymous master. The gilt plates were found built into a precious armoire in the Imperial Collection in Vienna and were re- printed in the 19th century. No contemporary impressions from these plates have come to light. The present print appears to be the only other known print by this mysterious etcher and is undoubtedly an impression from the late 16th century. One other, trimmed impression is at the British Museum.