Saint Hubert, Last Bishop of Maastricht, and First Bishop of Liege (after Burgmaier)

 

Hans Burgkmaier

 

1517 / 18, printed in 1799 

woodcut 

9 5/16 x 8 3/8" image 

unsigned, as usual 

not known 

titled in pencil, lower margin 

Bartsch 82, plate 56 (Burgmaier) 

antique-white laid with a partial watermark 

published 

F.X. Stockl, Vienna for the family of Maximilian I 

17678 

$500.00 

Number 56 from the Suite of 119 images in woodcut after drawings by Hans Burgmaier (1473 - 1531). The prints were created between 1517 and 1518 for the Emperor Maximilien I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519. The suite, titled “Images De Saints Et Saintes Issus De La Famille De L'Empereur Maximilien I. - En une Suite de cent dix neuf planches gravées en bois par differens graveurs d'après les dessins de Hans Burgmaier.” was printed in 1799 for the family of the Emperor Maximilian I by Chez La Veuve Alberti, the widow of the printer Ignaz Alberti and published by F.X. Stockl, Marchand D'Estamps in Vienna. The 8 engravers included: Hans Frank; Jost de Negker (1485 - 1544); Wolfgang Resch (1480 - 1537); Hans Taberith (fl. 1510 - 1517); Guilleaume Taberith; Cornelis Liefrinck (ca. 1480 - 1545); Alexis Lindt ( fl. 1500 - 1525) and Nicolas Seemann (fl. 1510 - 1517). References
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