Urs Graf senior
Urs Graf senior · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1485.
- Died
- 1528.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, graphic artist, engraver, goldsmith and draftsperson.
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1485
Urs Graf senior born at Solothurn.
1528
Urs Graf senior died at Basel.
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- 1.DHS F18294
- 2.P. Murray et L. Murray, The Penguin Dictionary of Art & Artists, Harmondsworth, 1959 (1982), p. 198, section G.
- 3.Christiane Andersson, « Graf, Urs », Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press (lire en ligne).
- 4.Hors texte 26, dans E. S. Lumsden, The Art of Etching, Courier Corporation, 2012, .
- 5.Urs Graf. Hertzberger. 1977.
- 6.A History of Engraving and Etching. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1923 (1963). 978-0-486-20954-8.
- 7.Urs Graf, die Zeichnungen im Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Schwabe. 2001. 978-3-7204-0131-9.
- 8.Aristoteles und Phyllis.
- 9.Urs Graf, die Zeichnungen im Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Schwabe. 2001. 978-3-7204-0131-9.
- 10.The renaissance of etching. Yale University Press. 2019. 9781588396495.
- 11.Michel Wiedemann. Brève histoire de la gravure sur bois. estampeaquitaine.canalblog.com.
- 12.Tête d'homme barbu, coiffé d'un chapeau, Urs Graf. Cat'zArts.
- 13.Dürer et son temps. Dessins allemands de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Beaux-arts de Paris les éditions. 2012.
- 14.Couple de paysans dansant, Urs Graf. Cat'zArts.
- 15.Couple de paysans dansant, Urs Graf. Cat'zArts.
- 16.Couple de paysans dansant, Urs Graf. Cat'zArts.
- 17.Joueur de cornemuse, Urs Graf. Cat'zArts.
- 18.Dürer et son temps. Dessins allemands de l’École des Beaux-Arts. Beaux-arts de Paris les éditions. 2012.
- 19.Urs Graf, Jeune homme avec une montre de poche, vers 1505-1508, dessin à la plume, Bâle, Kunstmuseum. kunstmuseumbasel.ch.
- 20.Entre la lettre et l'image. A la recherche d'un lieu commun. Academia-L'Harmattan. 2020. 978-2-8061-0550-9.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- La marque d'en haut est la boëte à borax qui servoit aux orfèvres, du nombre desquels étoit Urs Graf, Hendrik Jansen, Essai sur l'origine de la gravure en bois et en taille douce, 1808, .
- Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. E. A. Seemann. 14. 1921.
- Urs Graf. Hertzberger. 1977.
- German Renaissance prints 1490 - 1550. British Museum Press. 1995. 978-0-7141-2604-3.
- Die Zeichnungen im Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Schwabe. 2001. 978-3-7204-0131-9.
- Christian Müller. Urs Graf, ganz manierlich. Festschrif für Eberhard W. Kornfeld zum 80. Geburstag. Bern. Kornfeld. 2003. 978-3-85773-042-9. 37-48.
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