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Die Buchholzschnitte Hans Brosamers zu den Frankfurter 'Volksbuch'-Ausgaben und ihre Wiederverwendungen. By BODO GOTZKOWSKY * Die Buchholzschnitte Hans Brosamers in Werken Martin Luthers und anderen religiosen Drucken des 16. Jahrhunderts. Ein bibliographisches Verzeichnis ihrer Verwendungen. By BODO GOTZKOWSKY

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/library/11.4.475

1744-8581

J. L. Flood,

Historical and Archaeological Studies

Precious little is known about the life of the German artist Hans Brosamer (c. 1500–c. 1554), but some of his movements may be traced through the books he illustrated for various printers at Erfurt, Magdeburg, Wittenberg, Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Nuremberg. Stylistically, he was influenced by artists of the calibre of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Burgkmair. Some of his work features in such well-known reference works as Campbell Dodgson’s Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (London, 1903–11) and F. W. H. Hollstein’s German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1400–1700, vol. iv (Amsterdam, 1957). Brosamer is noted primarily for his book illustrations, but it has hitherto been difficult to form an overall assessment of his output because his woodcuts are scattered throughout many, often relatively rare, books. Bodo Gotzkowsky has, therefore, performed a very valuable service by bringing together the relevant material in these two volumes. The earlier volume focuses on the woodcuts Brosamer produced for the Frankfurt printer Herman Gülfferich to illustrate the various popular stories he published, while the second, just published, covers his woodcuts for various religious works. A third volume, due to appear in 2010, will be devoted to his woodcuts for a variety of scientific, satirical, and humanist works. Gotzkowsky’s overall aim is not to present a critical assessment of Brosamer’s work from the point of view of art history but rather to bring together his book illustrations in a convenient form. Nevertheless, by taking note of more recent work, he has been able to update accounts given in the standard reference books.