16thCentury German Northern Renaissance Woodcut Print Adam & Eve Baron Von Lanna by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, 1525 Sold signed &

signed &amp

Born in the town of Ins as the son of veterinarian Samuel Anker & Marianne Elisabeth

He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1933 and became a professor at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière

The chest is raised on bun feet

also with the artist stamp and the Parisian artist's supply company stamp

16thCentury German Northern Renaissance Woodcut Print Adam & Eve Baron Von Lanna by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, 1525 Sold signed &ampA rare and important monumental woodcut on paper, Adam and Eve by Hans Burgkmair the Elder ( 1473 1531 Augsburg, Germany ), circa 1525. From the collection of Baron Adalbert von Lanna, (1836 1909). This incredibly rare and important Northern Renaissance woodcut is of monumental size and is created by eight joined woodblocks. Due to its immense size, Burgkmair could not print it on a single sheet of paper. He carved the image across eight distinct