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Prints and a Few Drawings from Great Collections of the Past
  1. Master MR, Christ on the Cross
  2. Dürer, St. Bartholomew
  3. Dürer, Christ Before Caiaphas
  4. Raimondi, Philosophy
  5. Raimondi, Façade with Caryatids
  6. Beham, Job Conversing
  7. Beham, Satyr Sounding a Horn
  8. Beham, Peasant Couple Walking
  9. Caraglio, Martyrdom of St. Paul
  10. Aldegrever, Standard Bearer
  11. Pencz, Feeding the Hungry
  12. Pencz, Artemisia Preparing
  13. Falconetto, Tomb Surmounted
  14. Claesz, St. Peter Seated
  15. Treu, Noble Dancers
  16. Master FP, Hercules Killing
  17. Brun, February
  18. Solis, Arithmetria
  19. de Bruyn, The Circumcision
  20. Sadeler, Virgin and Child
  21. Goltzius, A Young Man
  22. Matham, The Planets
  23. Brizio, Extensive Landscape
  24. van de Velde, Fête Villageoise
  25. van de Velde, Backgammon
  26. van Uyttenbroek, Tobias
  27. van Uyttenbroek, Bacchus
  28. Rembrandt, The Small Lion Hunt
  29. Hollar, Woman with Headdress
  30. Saftleven, Dutch Peasant
  31. Ostade, Bust of a Peasant
  32. Stoop, A Grazing Horse
  33. Fyt, Set of Animals
  34. Bega, The Three Drinkers
  35. Anonymous, Landscape
  36. Nanteuil, Charles Benoise
  37. Nanteuil, Cardinal Mazarin
  38. Nanteuil, Pierre Seguier
  39. van Vliet, St. Jerome Sitting
  40. Cossin, Ornament Design
  41. Sirani, St. Eustace
  42. Somer, Hagar and Ishmael
  43. Daullé, La Muse Clio
  44. Tiepolo, The Holy Family
  45. MacArdell, Hannah, Mrs. Horneck
  46. Laurie, Elizabeth, Dutchess
  47. Denon, Village Scene
  48. Charlet, Les Français
  49. Pieraccini, Holy Family
  50. Daumier, Y n’y a rien comm’
  51. Daubigny, Les Ruines du Chateau
  52. Daubigny, Lever de Lune
  53. Meryon, Le Petit Pont
  54. Rops, La Poupée du Satyre
  55. Whistler, Old Hungerford Bridge
  56. Legros, Un Coin de Rivière
  57. Buhot, Frontispice
  58. Forain, La Rencontre
  59. Pennell, Hampton Court Palace
  60. Delâtre, Silhouette de Femme

15. Martin Treu (Master MT)
(fl. ca. 1540)
Noble Dancers

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Treu, Noble Dancers

Noble Dancers

Other Images:

Engraving, 1543, from the Set of Noble Dancers, 60 x 42 mm., Bartsch 31 ii/iii. Clear and sharp but somewhat grey impression of this rare print, on laid paper with a thread margin almost all around the platemark. Bartsch lists 42 prints by Treu, but mentions that he was unable to find a complete set of the noble dancers, from which this plate comes, and he lacks descriptions for five of the twelve plates. Nothing seems to be known about Martin Treu, though his style and format are clearly those of the Little Masters. His compositions seem to be original and not copied from any of the others.

Provenance:
Albertina duplicate (Lugt 5e and 5h). The collection of the Albertina in Vienna, though limited exclusively to drawings and prints, is one of the richest in Europe with, as mentioned by Lugt, 22,000 drawings (including Dürer, Raphael, Rembrandt and Rubens) and 230,000 prints (from 15th century nielli to 18th century color prints). Its origin, and its name, stem from Albert Casimir (1738-1822), son of August III of Saxony, King of Poland. His history, and that of the collection, are given in Lugt’s article for Number 174 and Supplement 174. Duplicates were sold at many auctions from 1922 to 1956.

This engraving also bears the mark of Dr. Herweg, not in Lugt.

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