UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Old Master Prints
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Old Master Prints
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Hammer Museum is renowned for its splendid holdings of over 5,500 European prints and drawings dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries. The following collection guide includes a selection of prints from these holdings and is based on "Inventing the Print: 1500-1800," an exhibition organized by the Center in 2003.
The collection guide is arranged by artist nationality and period. Over fifty artists are represented, including Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Andrea Mantegna, Jacques Callot, Hendrik Goltzius, Jacques Bellange, Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Jusepe de Ribera.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Renaissance
Baroque
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from DAMD 3.0 (FilemakerPro 5 Database) developed by the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Date of source: 2/21/2003
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
- Terms of access:
-
For publication information, please contact Susan Shin, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, schin@hammer.ucla.edu
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201, US
- Contact:
- (310) 443-7000
- Restrictions:
- Terms of access:
-
For publication information, please contact Susan Shin, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, schin@hammer.ucla.edu
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]
- Location of this collection:
-
University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201, US
- Contact:
- (310) 443-7000
Contents
Bohemian
Contents
The Cathedral at Antwerp, 1649
Summary
- Dates:
- 1649
- Creators:
- Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, 1607-1677
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 18 7/8 x 13 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- cityscapes; cathedrals; public spaces; processions; Antwerp (Belgium)
British
Contents
Portrait of the Duchess of Marlborough, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- John Faber II, English, 1695-1756; after Godfrey Kneller, English, 1646-1723
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Beginning during the late seventeenth century and continuing throughout the eighteenth, an interest in reproducing the color and tonal variations of painting led to the development of new techniques. Mezzotint, a process involving working in tonal areas from dark to light, began to be used extensively in England as the favorite medium for portrait prints.
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 13 5/8 x 10
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; duchesses
The Drawing Academy, 1769
Summary
- Dates:
- 1769
- Creators:
- William Pether, English, 1731/38-1821; after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734-1797
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 22 15/16 x 18 1/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- studios (work spaces); students; drawing (image-making); sculpture
The Air Pump, 1769
Summary
- Dates:
- 1769
- Creators:
- Valentine Green, English, 1739-1813; after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734-1797
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 18 9/16 x 24 5/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- sciences; experimenting; scientists; birds; children
The Forge, 1773
Summary
- Dates:
- 1773
- Creators:
- Richard Earlom, English, 1743-1822; after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734-1797
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 19 x 23 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- blacksmiths; tools; labor; families; dogs
The Discovery of Adam and Eve, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- James Barry, Irish, 1741-1806
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the UCLA Art Council.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 23 x 17 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Adam and Eve; gardens; snakes
Portrait of George Mason, 1783
Summary
- Dates:
- 1783
- Creators:
- William Dickinson, English, 1746-1823; after Tilly Kettle, English, 1735-1786
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 18 3/16 x 12 15/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; men
Portrait of an Unknown Man, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Anonymous English
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 12 7/8 x 8 7/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; men
Dutch and Flemish
Contents
The Triumph of Mordecai, 1515
Summary
- Dates:
- 1515
- Creators:
- Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494-1533
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased from the Kennedy Galleries, New York, through the Various Donors Fund.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 8 7/16 x 11 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Mordecai; processions; horses; horseback riding
Youth Drinking Water Offered by a Woman, 16th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 16th century
- Creators:
- Leon Davent, Flemish, active 1540-1565; after Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504-1570
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 11 3/4 x 10 9/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- men; women; drinking; jugs; lifting and carrying
Insidiosus Auceps (The Cunning Bird Catcher), ca. 1555-1556
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1555-1556
- Creators:
- Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish, ca. 1525-1569; published by Hieronymus Cock, Dutch, ca. 1510-1570
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions:
- 12 9/16 x 16 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- hunting; birds; landscapes (representations); valleys (landforms)
The Standard Bearer, 1587
Summary
- Dates:
- 1587
- Creators:
- Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 11 1/4 x 7 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- men; flags; military camps; Haarlem (The Netherlands)
Hercules Killing Cacus, 1588
Summary
- Dates:
- 1588
- Creators:
- Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Chiaroscuro woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 16 1/8 x 13
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- mythology; Hercules; monsters; combat
Portrait of Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, 1590
Summary
- Dates:
- 1590
- Creators:
- Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 20 9/16 x 16 5/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; artists; humanists
Laura de Dianti with a Black Page, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1568-1629; after Titian, Italian, b. 1488-90, d. 1576
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 13 1/4 x 9 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; women; pages (servants)
Portrait of Emperor Matthias, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1568-1629
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 25 5/8 x 16 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; emperors; ornaments; wealth
Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, Mennonite Preacher, 1641
Summary
- Dates:
- 1641
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 7 5/16 x 6 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; preachers
Student at a Table by Candlelight, 1642
Summary
- Dates:
- 1642
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 5 7/8 x 5 5/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; students; candlelight
Nude Man Seated Before a Curtain, 1646
Summary
- Dates:
- 1646
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 6 1/2 x 3 13/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- figures (representations); men; nudes; sitting
Landscape with an Obelisk, ca. 1650
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1650
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions:
- 3 3/8 x 6 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- landscapes (representations); dwellings; obelisks
Christ Preaching (La petite tombe), 1652
Summary
- Dates:
- 1652
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Anonymous gift.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 6 1/16 x 8 3/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Christ; preaching; public speaking; audiences
Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, 1654
Summary
- Dates:
- 1654
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 8 3/16 x 6 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Passion of Christ; Christ; descent from the cross; lifting and carrying
A Woman Washing her Feet at a Brook, 1658
Summary
- Dates:
- 1658
- Creators:
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the UCLA Art Council.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 6 7/16 x 3 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- figures (representations); women; nudes; sitting; bathing
The Temptation of St. Anthony, 17th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 17th century
- Creators:
- Frans van den Wyngaerde, Flemish, 1614-1679; after David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, 1610-1690
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 7 7/8 x 10 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; saints; Saint Anthony; reading; caves; demons
The Family of the Artist, 17th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 17th century
- Creators:
- Wallerant Vaillant, Dutch, 1623-1677
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 9 11/16 x 12 11/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- group portraits; families
The Elderly Fool and His Cat, 17th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 17th century
- Creators:
- Alexander Voet II, Flemish, ca. 1635-after 1695; after Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593-1678
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving and etching
- Dimensions:
- 17 1/8 x 13 13/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; elderly; men; cats; borders (ornament areas)
The Battle of Anghiari, 1673-1684
Summary
- Dates:
- 1673-1684
- Creators:
- Gerard Edelinck, Flemish, 1640-1707; after Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452-1519
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 18 15/16 x 24 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- battles; horses; armor (protective wear); swords
Disgrace of the Angels, ca. 1690
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1690
- Creators:
- Richard van Orley, Flemish, 1663-1732; after Jan van Orley, Flemish, 1665-1735; after Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions:
- 33 3/4 x 24 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; violence; nudes; falling
Rembrandt Sitting in an Armchair, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch, 1726-1798; after Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Etching in the crayon manner
- Dimensions:
- 14 3/4 x 10 11/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; artists; sitting
Goatherds Bringing Flock out of Barn, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch, 1726-1798; after Karel Dujardin, Dutch, 1626-1678
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Etching in the crayon manner
- Dimensions:
- 6 1/2 x 7 5/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- landscapes (representations); herdsmen; goats; barns
A Shepherd with his Flock by a Log House, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch, 1726-1798; after Paulus Potter, Dutch, 1625-1654
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Bequest of Walter Otto Schneider.
- Physical facet:
- Etching in the crayon manner
- Dimensions:
- 5 1/8 x 8 3/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- landscapes (representations); sheep; cows; shepherds; dwellings
French
Contents
Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John, ca. 1460
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1460
- Creators:
- Anonymous
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 5 3/8 x 3 5/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Christ; crucifixion
Page from Book of Hours, ca. 1510
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1510
- Creators:
- Anonymous French
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Dotted method print
- Dimensions:
- 6 11/16 x 4 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; heaven; Mary (Virgin); praying
St. John Eating the Book, from The Apocalypse series, 1561
Summary
- Dates:
- 1561
- Creators:
- Jean Duvet, French, 1485-1561
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by Rudolf L. Baumfeld.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 11 7/8 x 8 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; saints; Saint John; angels; pillar of fire; eating
The Last Judgment, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Leonard Gaultier, French, ca. 1561-ca. 1635; after Michelangelo, Italian, 1475-1564
Background
- Biographical / historical:
-
As engraver to Henri III, Henri IV, and Louis XIII of France, Gaultier was instrumental in the evolution of the engraved portrait as an independent print. He produced nearly 1,000 prints during his career, among them religious scenes, allegories, and numerous book illustrations.
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by Dr. Regina and Mr. William Fadiman.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 12 5/16 x 9 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Last Judgement; Christ
L'Eventail (The Fan), published before July 25, 1619
Summary
- Dates:
- published before July 25, 1619
- Creators:
- Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds partially provided by Margery and Maurice Katz and Susan and Mads Bjerre.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 8 7/8 x 11 3/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- fans (costume accessories); cityscapes; Arno (river); festivals; fireworks (visual works); spectators
The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628-1630
Summary
- Dates:
- 1628-1630
- Creators:
- Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635
Background
- Biographical / historical:
-
Jacques Callot created more than fourteen hundred etchings and engravings, ranging from intimate genre scenes to great, panoramic battle scenes.
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 46 1/2 x 54 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- France; battles; navies; bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations)
Siege of the Citadelle of Saint Martin on the Isle of Re, 1631
Summary
- Dates:
- 1631
- Creators:
- Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- France; battles; navies; bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations)
The Martyrdom of St. Lucy, 1612-1617
Summary
- Dates:
- 1612-1617
- Creators:
- Jacques Bellange, French, active 1595-1616, d. 1616
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 18 7/16 x 14
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; saints; martyrs; Saint Lucy; daggers (weapons); spectators
The Sudarium of Saint Veronica, 1649
Summary
- Dates:
- 1649
- Creators:
- Claude Mellan, French, 1598-1688
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 17 1/16 x 12 9/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; sudaria; Christ
Portrait of Louis XIV, 1666
Summary
- Dates:
- 1666
- Creators:
- Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623-1678
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 19 11/16 x 16 13/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; kings
Portrait of Jacques Benigne Bossuet, 1723
Summary
- Dates:
- 1723
- Creators:
- Pierre-Imbert Drevet, French, 1697-1739; after Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659-1743
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 19 3/4 x 13 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; bishops
Saint Peter, 1738
Summary
- Dates:
- 1738
- Creators:
- Jacques-Fabien Gautier-d'Agoty, French, 1710-1781
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Color mezzotint
- Dimensions:
- 8 7/16 x 6 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; saints; Saint Peter
Head of a Girl, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Gilles Demarteau, French, 1722-1776; after Francois Boucher, French, 1703-1770
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching in the crayon manner
- Dimensions:
- 8 13/16 x 6 3/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; girls; heads (representations)
Sorceress, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Dominique Vivant-Denon, French, 1747-1825; after David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, 1610-1690
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 8 3/8 x 11 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- witches; witchcraft
Amours de Phrosine et Melidore, n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French, 1758-1823
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/4 x 6 7/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- sexuality; monks; robes; embracing; women; nudes; night
German
Contents
View of Salzburg, from Hartmann Schedel, Nuremburg Chronicle, 1494
Summary
- Dates:
- 1494
- Creators:
- Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, German, ca. 1458-1494
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Handcolored woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 16 5/16 x 22 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations); Salzburg (Austria)
View of Venice, from Hartmann Schedel, Nuremburg Chronicle, 1494
Summary
- Dates:
- 1494
- Creators:
- Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, German, ca. 1458-1494
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Handcolored woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 16 x 22 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations); Venice (Italy)
The Babylonian Whore, from The Apocalypse series, ca. 1498
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1498
- Creators:
- Albrecht Durer, German, 1471-1528
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Woodcut was the earliest printmaking medium to be widely used, primarily for devotional religious images or playing cards, often colored by hand or with stencils. By the end of the fifteenth century major artists began to explore the woodcut's more sophisticated artistic potential. Albrecht Durer was one of the first and greatest artists to recognize the capacity of prints to create a broad market for works of art. He created complex and highly finished designs in both woodcut and engraving. His series of woodcuts of 1496-98 of scenes from the Apocalypse are large, dynamic full-sheet compositions, some freely combining events from different chapters of the book rather than closely following the text.
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of the UCLA Art Council.
- Physical facet:
- Woodcut (proof before text)
- Dimensions:
- 15 1/2 x 11 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; dragons; apocalyptic woman; Michael; angels
The Great Fortune or Nemesis, 1501-1502
Summary
- Dates:
- 1501-1502
- Creators:
- Albrecht Durer, German, 1471-1528
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 13 1/8 x 9 1/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- allegory; personification; women; wings; fate; bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations); villages
Melencolia I, 1514
Summary
- Dates:
- 1514
- Creators:
- Albrecht Durer, German, 1471-1528
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 9 7/16 x 7 7/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- allegory; melancholy; temperaments (four); tools; personification; winged figures
The Agony in the Garden, from Passion of Christ, 1509
Summary
- Dates:
- 1509
- Creators:
- Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, 1472-1553
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.
- Physical facet:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 9 7/8 x 6 3/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Christ; praying; apostles; sleeping; Gethsemane
Mr. West and Family, 1779
Summary
- Dates:
- 1779
- Creators:
- Georg Sigmund Facius, German, 1750-after 1814, and Johann Gottlieb Facius, German, ca. 1750-after 1802; after Benjamin West, American, 1738-1820
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 22 x 26 9/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- group portraits; families; artists
Der Mond (The Moon), n.d.
Summary
- Dates:
- n.d.
- Creators:
- Andreas Bissel, German, 1773-1847; after Franz Kobell, German, 1749-1822; published by Domenico Artaria
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions:
- 12 7/16 x 17 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- landscapes (representations); night
Italian
Contents
(Evangelist), 15th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 15th century
- Creators:
- Anonymous Italian
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Niello print
- Dimensions:
- 1 7/8 x 1 7/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; evangelists
Arithmetic (Aritmetricha), from the Tarocchi Cards of Mantegna, ca. 1465
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1465
- Creators:
- Master of E Series Tarocchi, Italian, fl. ca. 1465
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 7 1/16 x 3 7/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- allegory; arithmetic; learning; science; personification; women; coins
Descent into Limbo, ca. 1475-1480
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1475-1480
- Creators:
- Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431-1506
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 16 9/16 x 13 1/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Passion of Christ; Christ; gates; hell; limbo
Bacchanal with Silenus, ca. 1475-1480
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1475-1480
- Creators:
- Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431-1506
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of the UCLA Art Council in memory of Fred Grunwald.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 10 5/8 x 16 9/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- mythology; bacchanal; drunkenness; satyr; lifting and carrying; musical instruments
The Inferno, after the fresco in the Camposanto in Pisa, ca. 1480-1500
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1480-1500
- Creators:
- Anonymous Italian; after Bonamico Buffalmacco, Italian, active first half of 14th century
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Alan N. Stone and D. Lesley Hill in Memory of Mary Stansbury Ruiz.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 8 7/8 x 11 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; hell; devils; punishment; violence
View of the City of Venice (Bird's Eye View of Venice), ca. 1500
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1500
- Creators:
- Jacopo de' Barbari, Italian, 1440/50-before 1515
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Mr. Frederick G. Schab, New York, in honor of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy.
- Physical facet:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 52 1/2 x 108 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- bird's-eye views; landscapes (representations); Venice (Italy)
View of the City of Venice (Bird's Eye View of Venice) [detail], ca. 1500
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1500
- Creators:
- Jacopo de' Barbari, Italian, 1440/50-before 1515
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Mr. Frederick G. Schab, New York, in honor of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy.
- Physical facet:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 26 x 18
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- bird's-eye views; cityscapes; sailing ships; Neptune; Piazza San Marco; Venice (Italy)
Adoration of the Kings, 16th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 16th century
- Creators:
- Cristofano Robetta, Italian, b. 1462, active 1535
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of Dr. Robert G. Engel.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 11 7/8 x 10 7/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Christ; infancy; Mary (Virgin); Saint Joseph; kings; angels; adoration; landscapes (representations)
Massacre of the Innocents, ca. 1514-1520
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1514-1520
- Creators:
- Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian, 1475/80-before 1534; after Raphael, Italian, 1483-1520
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 10 9/16 x 17
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; massacre of the innocents; soldiers; violence; killing; infants; women; running
The Judgment of Paris, ca. 1515
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1515
- Creators:
- Marco Dente da Ravenna, Italian, ca. 1493-1527; after Raphael, Italian, 1483-1520
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 12 x 17 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- mythology; ancient history; legends; beauty; contests; gods; Paris; Helen; Venus; Juno; Minerva; Mercury
The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli, 1531
Summary
- Dates:
- 1531
- Creators:
- Agostino Veneziano, Italian, 1490-1536
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 10 13/16 x 11 3/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- anatomy; sculptors; students; studios (work spaces); schools
The Entombment, 16th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 16th century
- Creators:
- Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased through the Jarma Lewis Bensinger Memorial Fund in conjunction with the UCLA Art Council.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 11 1/8 x 8 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Passion of Christ; Christ; burial
The Annunciation, before 1539
Summary
- Dates:
- before 1539
- Creators:
- Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, Italian, ca. 1505-1565; after Titian, Italian, b. 1488-90, d. 1576
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 17 15/16 x 13 5/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; annunciation; Mary (Virgin); angels
Skeletons and Ecorches, 16th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 16th century
- Creators:
- Domenico del Barbiere, Italian, ca. 1506-1565/75; after Rosso Fiorentino, Italian, ca. 1494-1540
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 9 3/8 x 13 1/4
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- anatomy; skeletons; trophies
Allegory of Life, 1561
Summary
- Dates:
- 1561
- Creators:
- Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, 1520-1582
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 15 1/8 x 21 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- allegory; landscapes (representations); bodies of water; boats; monsters; fabulous animals; elderly; men; putti; women
The Prophet Ezekial, early 1570s
Summary
- Dates:
- early 1570s
- Creators:
- Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, 1520-1582; after Michelangelo, Italian, 1475-1564
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by Jarma Lewis Bensinger Memorial Fund.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 22 7/8 x 17 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; prophets; Ezekiel; scrolls; nudes; architectural elements
Mars and Venus, 1575
Summary
- Dates:
- 1575
- Creators:
- Anonymous Italian; after Rosso Fiorentino, Italian, ca. 1494-1540
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 16 1/2 x 13 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- mythology; ancient history; gods; Mars; Venus; undressing; cupids; Graces
Portrait of Titian, 1587
Summary
- Dates:
- 1587
- Creators:
- Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557-1602; after Titian, Italian, b. 1488-90, d. 1576
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- 12 7/8 x 9 3/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; artists
The Lamentation Over the Body of Christ, 1585
Summary
- Dates:
- 1585
- Creators:
- Andrea Andreani, Italian, 1558/9-1629; after Raffaellino da Reggio, Italian, ca. 1550-1578
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Chiaroscuro woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 16 1/2 x 12 7/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- religion; Passion of Christ; Christ; Mary (Virgin); mourning
Mestre, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Canaletto, Italian, 1697-1768
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 11 7/8 x 17
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- canals; gondolas; harbors; cityscapes; Italy
Al Dolo, 18th century
Summary
- Dates:
- 18th century
- Creators:
- Canaletto, Italian, 1697-1768
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Rudolf L. Baumfeld Bequest.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 11 13/16 x 16 15/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- canals; gondolas; churches; cityscapes; Italy
The Skeletons, from the Grotteschi series, 1750-1778
Summary
- Dates:
- 1750-1778
- Creators:
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 15 3/8 x 21 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- anatomy; skeletons; grotesques; artifacts
Title page from the Carceri, 1749-1760
Summary
- Dates:
- 1749-1760
- Creators:
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 21 1/2 x 16 3/8
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- structures; bridges; chains; prisoners
Untitled, 1793
Summary
- Dates:
- 1793
- Creators:
- Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, 1728-1815
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Stipple engraving
- Dimensions:
- 8 11/16 x 12 11/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- anatomy; hands; arms
Spanish
Contents
The Man with the Goitre, ca. 1620
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1620
- Creators:
- Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish, 1591-1652
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Gift of the UCLA Art Council.
- Physical facet:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- 8 9/16 x 5 9/16
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- portraits; men; disease
Studies of Venus Figures, ca. 1680-1682
Summary
- Dates:
- ca. 1680-1682
- Creators:
- Jose Garcia Hidalgo, Spanish, 1656-1718
Background
- Custodial history:
-
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.
- Physical facet:
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/16 x 5 1/2
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- figures (representations); crouching; standing; women; nudes