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Archives related to: Durr, Louis, 1821-1880
| title | Louis Durr Print collection [graphic]. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Collection of European engravings, ca. 1500 - ca. 1880. Over half the collection consists of disbound leaves from the catalog Theatrum pictorium, compiled in 1660 by the painter David Teniers, which depicts paintings from the collection of his patron, Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria. Most of the paintings represented are Italian, including Titian, Giorgione, Polidoro da Lanciano, Tintoretto, Veronese, Andrea Schiavone, Francesco Bassano, Palma il Giovane, Palma il Vecchio, and Domenico Fetti. Engravers include: Coryn Boel, Nikolaus van Hoy, Jan Thomas van Kessel, Peter van Lisebetter, Jan van Ossenbeck, Lucas Vorsterman II, and Johannes Popels. A few leaves have two small engravings on one page; several other engravings are double leaves. There are also 94 European engravings from other sources, mostly after religious or allegorical works by Rubens, Titian, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Raphael, Rembrandt, Anthony Van Dyck, and Leonardo da Vinci. Three prints show sculptures by Antonio Canova. There are also two works by Albrecht Dürer. Engravers include Lucas Vorstermann II, Francesco Bartolozzi, Pietro Fontana, Raffaello Morghen, and Domenico Marchetti. Historical Note: Businessman and art collector; resident of New York City. Notes Durr had intended to leave his collection to the City of New York, but as a result of difficulties in finding a repository part of the collection, including some engravings, was auctioned after his death in 1880. Most of the remainder of his collection was then given to the New-York Historical Society. Selections from Durr's collection of paintings in the New-York Historical Society Museum. This collection was removed from the Graphic Arts File (PR-022) in 2002. |
| extent | 252 prints : b&w. |
| formats | Prints |
| access | Access: open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph000766049&vid=NYU |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Inventory available at repository. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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