Title

Old Master prints of the fifteenth century.

Venues

Queensland Art Gallery [2]. (9 February 2021)

Date

( – 2021)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (QLD). Prints

Web address

https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/old-master-…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Masters of the fifteenth century, such as Lucas van Leyden and Heinrich Aldegrever, transformed printmaking into a refined art form and have influenced artists for centuries.

The Gallery’s historical international holdings of Old Master prints comprised of etchings, woodcuts and engravings by artist–printmakers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries includes works by Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533), Anthonie Waterloo (c.1610–90), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502–c.1561), Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597–1665), Jan Both (c.1610-18 – 1652), Abraham Bosse (c.1602–76) and Salvator Rosa (1615–73). They vary in theme, size and quality of impression, and range across biblical, allegorical and genre subjects.

These works complement our ‘Apocalypse’ series by Albrecht Dürer, an illustrated volume of ‘The Book of the Revelation of St John’, with its predictions of agony and turmoil on the day of Last Judgement.

[Queensland Art Gallery media, 2021].

Last Updated

06 Apr 2025