This exhibition will acquaint visitors with German prints and drawings from the 1400s and 1500s.
The Three Magi
1430s. Pen and black ink
Photograph by S.V. Suyetova
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
1500–02. Pen and black ink
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
Landscape with a Bridge and Castle
1520s. Pen and black ink
Photograph by S.V. Suyetova
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
Design for a heraldic stained-glass window
Circa 1560. Pen with black and brown ink, brush with grey
Photograph by S.V. Suyetova
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
The Temptation of Saint Anthonybr/>
1470s. Burin engraving
Photograph by D.A. Bobrova
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
Nemesis (The Great Fortune)
Circa 1501. Burin engraving
Photograph by V.S. Terebenin
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
The Bewitched Groom
1544. Woodcut
Photograph by S.V. Suyetova
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
A Foolish Virgin
One of the series of Wise and Foolish Virgins
1518. Tinted woodcut
©State Hermitage Museum, 2024
The first part of the display presents rare works by 15th-century artists, including the celebrated Martin Schongauer. The central section is devoted to German masters of the Renaissance era. Strongly influenced by Albrecht Dürer, they evolved a sort of common artistic language, creating a German school of graphic art. Together with individual works by the great Nuremberger himself, the display will also include the creations of such major personalities as Hans Holbein the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Baldung Grien. The exhibition ends with a section presenting the works of artists from the second half of the 16th century.
German graphic art from this early period is not exhibited at all frequently. The last exhibition devoted to 15th- and 16th-century German prints was held in the Hermitage in 1969, while German drawings have never been the subject for a separate exhibition. The little-known, striking works being presented will come as a revelation to the public.
