Hans Schauffelein ( 1482-1539 ) Lot n° 8

Hans Schauffelein - The ascension of Christ - 1507 / Description: The ascension of Christ; the Virgin and apostles kneeling around a mount above which Christ's feet and the lower part of his cloak are still visible. Illustration to Ulrich Pinder, 'Speculum Passionis domini nostri Ihesu christi...', Nuremberg: Friedrich Peypus, 1507. Woodcut made by: Hans Schäufelein. Printed by: Friedrich Peypus / Dimensions: 23,60 x 16,20 cm / Condition: Very good. Detailed early impression on laid paper. With the Latin text on the backside as issued. Notice the initials are indicated with a little letter in a larges square. These are real incunabula pieces and intended to fill with hand drawn initials according the choice of the buyer. / Literature: Hollstein 735 ------- Dodgson 1903, 1911 II.17.28 ------ Bartsch VII.253.34 ------ Artist: Hans Schauffelein Hans Schäufelein (1482-1539) -------- Probably born in Nuremberg, Strongly influenced by Albrecht Dürer, in whose studio in Nuremberg he worked from c. 1503. His early woodcuts include illustrations for Ulrich Pinder's ‘Der beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Maria’ (1505) and ‘Speculum passionis’ (1507). After Dürer left Nuremberg for Italy in 1505, Schäufelein was instructed to paint the altarpiece for Ober-St-Veit after Dürer's design. Probably worked with Hans Holbein the Elder / Medium: Woodcut