Battle between Peasants and Naked Men (B. 1; Holl. 3)

Details

Nikolaus Hogenberg (circa 1500-1539) and Hans Lützelburger (d. before 1526)
Battle between Peasants and Naked Men (B. 1; Holl. 3)
woodcut, 1522, with a High Crown watermark, a good, even impression of this very rare print, trimmed to or just outside the borderline on all sides, an unobtrusive vertical central fold, another horizontal central fold barely visible recto, some associated, short tears with old repairs along these folds, otherwise in good condition
S. 149 x 293 mm.

Provenance

A. Freiherr von Lanna (L. 2773)

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Lot Essay

Hollstein records two states of this remarkable print, an early German echo of Andrea Pollaiuolo's famous 'Battle of Nude Men', created four years before the beginning of the Peasants' Revolt. As the texts printed below the subject, differing between the first and second states, have been trimmed off, it is not possible to determine the state of the present impression.

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