Live auction - Lot 177
[German school]
The wedding dancers.
SCHÄUFELEIN, Hans
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
[1530-1540]
Woodcut, 25 x 21 cm, monogrammed at lower left, 19th-c. handwritten title above print, underlaid (corners torn, lower right corner cut off, light dampstaining).
Pasted on paper support under passe-partout.
Part of a series of 20 woodcuts, depicting the members of a wedding dance. This sheet depicts the head of the dance procession with three male figures walking to the left. The Master of the Ceremonies can be seen holding a wand at the far left. Ref. Hollstein 81. - Bartsch VII:103. Prov. Albert Van Loock (stamp: Lugt 3752). - G. W. Gunther (stamp: Lugt 1114). - Non-identified stamp by Lugt (5332).