Duck hunting
| Reference: | S11847 |
| Author | Jost AMMAN |
| Year: | 1590 ca. |
| Measures: | 155 x 45 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S11847 |
| Author | Jost AMMAN |
| Year: | 1590 ca. |
| Measures: | 155 x 45 mm |
€300.00
Description
The duck hunt, landscape background.
Etching on iron, form the set of "Eight Hunting scenes" published by Stefan Herman, Absbach 1590 circa.
Very good condition.
Literature
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New Hollstein (German) e.147 (Jost Amman); Andresen 1868 I.148.86; Bartsch IX.357.8.
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Jost AMMAN (Zurigo 1539 – Norimberga, 17 Marzo 1591)
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Swiss draughtsman, woodcutter, engraver, etcher and painter. He was the youngest son of the noted scholar and Chorherr in Zurich, Johann Jakob Amman, a friend of Ulrich Zwingli and Konrad Gessner. Although a successful pupil at the renowned Collegium Carolinum where his father was a professor, Jost, like his brother Josua (1531–64), who became a goldsmith, did not take up a scholarly career. As early as 1556–7 his copies of prints by other artists, for example Dürer and Virgil Solis, show an independent and original approach. For his apprenticeship Amman may have been in Basle or Zurich, but he probably spent some time in Paris or Lyon, since his early works show a close similarity to French book illustrations.
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Literature
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New Hollstein (German) e.147 (Jost Amman); Andresen 1868 I.148.86; Bartsch IX.357.8.
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Jost AMMAN (Zurigo 1539 – Norimberga, 17 Marzo 1591)
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Swiss draughtsman, woodcutter, engraver, etcher and painter. He was the youngest son of the noted scholar and Chorherr in Zurich, Johann Jakob Amman, a friend of Ulrich Zwingli and Konrad Gessner. Although a successful pupil at the renowned Collegium Carolinum where his father was a professor, Jost, like his brother Josua (1531–64), who became a goldsmith, did not take up a scholarly career. As early as 1556–7 his copies of prints by other artists, for example Dürer and Virgil Solis, show an independent and original approach. For his apprenticeship Amman may have been in Basle or Zurich, but he probably spent some time in Paris or Lyon, since his early works show a close similarity to French book illustrations.
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