Hans Sebald Lautensack

Hanns Lautensacks (also: Hans Sebald Lautensacks, * 1520 in Bamberg, † 1565 in Vienna ) was a German engraver and etcher.

Life and work

Hanns Lautensacks was a son of Paul Lautensacks. Like his brother Henry received his education at Hanns probably a goldsmith. Although he described himself as " Pictor " no paintings by him are known. His early works are based on the graphics of the Nuremberg " Little Masters ". Landscape elements are later deliberately included in the portraiture. The main suggestions for pure landscapes got Lautensacks by Albrecht Altdorfer and Wolf Huber. Topographically precise location shots he delivered in 1552 in Nuremberg and in 1554 by Steyr. 1554 moved Lautensacks on to Vienna. Here he made portraits of the Archduke Charles of Styria, the Archduke Maximilian of Austria and King Ferdinand I. In his landscape paintings Lautensacks now closed bible stories a.

The graphic work is preserved in the collections of Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg, Brunswick and Vienna. A comprehensive collection of works According to Sacks also owns the British Museum.

Working

View of Steyr ( 1554, Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum )

Graphic in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg