First Example Combined Engraving (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor (1459 1519) [attributed to: Muller, Jan Harmensz] Dutch engraver & painter (1571-1628). Engraving & etching on paper trimmed to platemark (26 x 19.5 cm). [Amsterdam c 1600]. Laterally reversed copy of a bust portrait in three quarter view facing right after Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) based on a woodcut portrait by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) to commemorate the Emperor s death in 1519. Maximilian is seen wearing a rimmed hat and the Order of the Golden Fleece round his neck; he is leaning on a window-sill decorated with a carpet showing Imperial arms and two floral de signs; monogram and date in plate upper right: a decorative figure with a horned head-dress holds a tablet marked L 1520 copied after the original monogram (Lucas van Leyden s signature & date of first version of printing 1520). Lucas van Leyden was the first northern artist to combine the two techniques in the same print. Filedt Kok (New Holstein), Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings & Woodcuts 1450-1770, Amsterdam 1996; vol.14; Lucas van Leyden, p.112.