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Source Description
In this work, Hanns Lautensack used two
etching plates and printed them side by side
on one sheet of paper, though the reason
for this is not clear. The print also displays
a printing error, namely the presence of
“foul biting,” small dots in the sky that
indicate failure of the acid-resistant ground.
Such mistakes, or experimentations, were
not unusual in the early decades of the
development of the etching medium, when
artists were still refining their formulas and
procedures. Happily, perhaps, the errors abide
well with the naturalistic landscape scene.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
117765
label
Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees
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obj
dtoType
print
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1
Source metadata
id
117765
contentType
print
title
Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees
description
In this work, Hanns Lautensack used two
etching plates and printed them side by side
on one sheet of paper, though the reason
for this is not clear. The print also displays
a printing error, namely the presence of
“foul biting,” small dots in the sky that
indicate failure of the acid-resistant ground.
Such mistakes, or experimentations, were
not unusual in the early decades of the
development of the etching medium, when
artists were still refining their formulas and
procedures. Happily, perhaps, the errors abide
well with the naturalistic landscape scene.
date
1551
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80012468
creators
25832
genreSpecific
Print
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
cul
Germany
accession
1938.386
Source extras
tec
etching
tombstone
Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees, 1551. Hanns Lautensack (German, 1524–1566). Etching; image: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.); sheet: 17 x 23 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1938.386
collection
PR - Etching
didYouKnow
The vertical break in the center of this composition indicates where two different plates were used and then printed together on the same sheet of paper.
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:05:58.519000
sourceId
117765
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Prints
coll
PR - Etching
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etching
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male
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image_url
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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8f9d1e0959e2a3f5