Like many artists of the period Mair von Landschut used paper with a coloured preparation. This enabled the artist to heighten the drawing with white body colour, thus creating effects of light and shade that enhance the sense of depth. Mair von Landschut was the first artist to print copper engravings on tinted paper and is thus a direct precursor of Albrecht Altdorfer.
Specifications
| Title | The Circumcision of Christ |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and black ink, heightened with white, on violet prepared paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 152 mm Height 207 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Mair von Landshut
|
| Accession number | D I 232 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (former Koenigs collection), 1987 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1987 |
| Creation date | in circa 1495-1500 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel III, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Prepare
> Prepared
> Shaping techniques
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Prepare
> Prepared
> Shaping techniques
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Highlight
> Painting technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Germany > Western Europe > Europe |
