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HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (CIRCA 1484-1545)
Lot 68

HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (CIRCA 1484-1545)

The Lamentation

Closed10 December 2019

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HANS BALDUNG, CALLED GRIEN (CIRCA 1484-1545)
The Lamentation
woodcut, circa 1514, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but later impression, second, final state, with the gaps in the borderline filled in with pen and ink, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, a small repair at upper right, otherwise in good condition
Block & Sheet 221 x 155 mm.

Specialist note

About one hundred years after Baldung created this print, its daring composition with the extreme foreshortening of the figure of the dead Christ and the pathos-filled gestures of the Virgin, the Magdalen and Saint John inspired Hercules Seghers (circa 1589/90 - 1638) to create a colour etching of this dramatic scene in reverse.