Old Master Through Modern Prints

Albrecht Dürere is credited with bringing the Renaissance to Northern Europe through his works. One of his famous engravings will be presented at Old Master Through Modern Prints Auction by Swann Auction Gallery. In his engraving Adam and Eve, the couple is seen in near-symmetrical poses on either side of the Tree of Knowledge. Dürer brought idealized detail to the medium of this engraving.

Like Dürer’s work, the other pieces in the upcoming auction offers fine art by artists who are considered as seminal figures in the history of art. Some of the names that bidders might find through the catalog are Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró. One of the lots in the collection is an etching entitled “Landscape with A Cottage and A Large Tree” by Rembrandt. The artist is also regarded as a painter of ‘light and shade’, who favored an uncompromising realism in his art. His works led some art critics to claim that he preferred ugliness to beauty. To find these lots and more, visit  Invaluable