1502 Grüninger Master - Incunabula Woodcut - Underground Hell Monsters
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:14603099 | Originality: Original |
| Print Surface: Paper | Date of Creation: Pre-1800 |
| Medium: Woodcut & Block | Listed By: Dealer or Reseller |
| Year: 1585 | Subject: History |
SUPERB WOODCUT LEAF31 x 20 cm;Superb woodcut leaf from one of the great German woodcut books of the Renaissance, and the masterpiece of the artist known as the Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop. Sebastian Brant was commissioned by the publisher to edit the work and based his commentary on that of Cristoforo Landino.VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Edited by Sebastian Brant. Strassburg: Johannes Grüninger, 1502.The last complete copy of this work to come up at auct...ion was US 35, 000 at Christies [Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow, 2013].Reference: Adams V-457; Brunet VI:1277; Muther 537; P. Kristeller, Die Strassburger Buchillustration (1888), pp.32-46, no. 99. Fact and Fantasy 12. This edition is rightly acclaimed for its magnificent series of woodcut illustrations by the anonymous Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop.The highly evocative woodcut captures the essence of Virgil's Arcadian and rustic landscapes as well as the epic and frequently violent sweep of the Aeneid.The woodcut depicts The Sacrifice to Hecate:This done, he quickly carried out the Sibyl’s orders. There was a deep stony cave, huge and gaping wide, sheltered by a dark lake and shadowy woods, over which nothing could extend its wings in safe flight, since such a breath flowed from those black jaws, and was carried to the over-arching sky, that the Greeks called it by the name Aornos, that is Avernus, or the Bird-less. Here the priestess first of all tethered four black heifers, poured wine over their foreheads, and placed the topmost bristles that she plucked, growing between their horns, in the sacred fire, as a first offering, calling aloud to Hecate, powerful in Heaven and Hell. Others slit the victim’s throats and caught the warm blood in bowls. Aeneas himself sacrificed a black-fleeced lamb to Night, mother of the Furies, and Earth, her mighty sister, and a barren heifer to you, Persephone. Then he kindled the midnight altars for the Stygian King, and placed whole carcasses of bulls on the flames, pouring rich oil over the blazing entrails. See now, at the dawn light of the rising sun, the ground bellowed under their feet, the wooded hills began to move, and, at the coming of the Goddess, dogs seemed to howl in the shadows. ‘Away, stand far away, O you profane ones, ’ the priestess cried, ‘absent yourselves from all this grove: and you now, Aeneas, be on your way, and tear your sword from the sheathe: you need courage, and a firm mind, now.’ So saying, she plunged wildly into the open cave: he, fearlessly, kept pace with his vanishing guide.Superb strong impression. Long clean tear into image with old backing. 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Sebastian Brant was commissioned by the publisher to edit the work and based his commentary on that of Cristoforo Landino.VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Opera. Edited by Sebastian Brant. Strassburg: Johannes Grüninger, 1502.The last complete copy of this work to come up at auction was US 35, 000 at Christies [Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow, 2013].Reference: Adams V-457; Brunet VI:1277; Muther 537; P. Kristeller, Die Strassburger Buchillustration (1888), pp.32-46, no. 99. Fact and Fantasy 12. This edition is rightly acclaimed for its magnificent series of woodcut illustrations by the anonymous Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop.The highly evocative woodcut captures the essence of Virgil's Arcadian and rustic landscapes as well as the epic and frequently violent sweep of the Aeneid.The woodcut depicts The Sacrifice to Hecate:This done, he quickly carried out the Sibyl’s orders. There was a deep stony cave, huge and gaping wide, sheltered by a dark lake and shadowy woods, over which nothing could extend its wings in safe flight, since such a breath flowed from those black jaws, and was carried to the over-arching sky, that the Greeks called it by the name Aornos, that is Avernus, or the Bird-less. Here the priestess first of all tethered four black heifers, poured wine over their foreheads, and placed the topmost bristles that she plucked, growing between their horns, in the sacred fire, as a first offering, calling aloud to Hecate, powerful in Heaven and Hell. Others slit the victim’s throats and caught the warm blood in bowls. Aeneas himself sacrificed a black-fleeced lamb to Night, mother of the Furies, and Earth, her mighty sister, and a barren heifer to you, Persephone. Then he kindled the midnight altars for the Stygian King, and placed whole carcasses of bulls on the flames, pouring rich oil over the blazing entrails. See now, at the dawn light of the rising sun, the ground bellowed under their feet, the wooded hills began to move, and, at the coming of the Goddess, dogs seemed to howl in the shadows. ‘Away, stand far away, O you profane ones, ’ the priestess cried, ‘absent yourselves from all this grove: and you now, Aeneas, be on your way, and tear your sword from the sheathe: you need courage, and a firm mind, now.’ So saying, she plunged wildly into the open cave: he, fearlessly, kept pace with his vanishing guide.Superb strong impression. Long clean tear into image with old backing. Small tear to left margin.CROSS SELL1704 Jan Luyken - JOY OF YOUTH - antique copper engraving$29.90SHOP NOW!1790 Bonnaterre - BUTTERCUPS - fine hand colored engraving$51.75SHOP NOW!1734 B. PICART - Les Noces de Tobie - Master engraving Large FOLIO$55.00SHOP NOW!1830 Bains de SCHINZNACH vers de Boetzverg€18.00SHOP NOW!1679 Joh. SANDRART - ROMAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - original folio engraving$65.00SHOP NOW!1679 Joh. 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