Kleiner Klebeband
The so-called Kleiner Klebeband ("little glued binder") is a collection of over 120 drawings from the 15th and 16th century, which were combined into a leathern binder in the 19th century. It considered as one of the most important reference collections of German art drawings from that period.[1][2]
Maximilian Willibald of Waldburg-Wolfegg (1604–1667) started to collect the drawings of the Kleiner Klebeband from 1650 until his death. They were part of a much larger art collection, the Wolfegg cabinet, that he founded. Originally they were loose sheets, but in the 19th century they were assembled into a leathern binder. In fall 2011 the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz und museums of the city of Augsburg bought them from the family Waldburg-Wolfegg and in December of the same year they were shown to the public for the first time in a special exhibition.[1][2]
The Kleiner Klebeband is not only containing drawings by German artists but it contains a few works of Dutch and Italian masters as well. Among its best known drawings are a number of works by Hans Holbein the Elder and his workshop and a portrait of young man by an unknown artist from 1475. The latter was described by the artist and academic Peter Halm as the "most perfect German drawing before Dürer".[2]
References and further reading
- Christoph Trepesch: Ausgburger Altmeister. Arsprototo, Ausgabe 4/2011
- Michael Roth: Ein Bild von einem Mann. Arsprototo, Ausgabe 4/2011
- Lisa Zeitz: Großer Kleiner Klebeband. Arsprototo, Ausgabe 4/2011
Notes
- 1 2 Anette Liebmann: Kleiner Klebeband, große Sensation. Aichacher Zeitung,2011-12-15
- 1 2 3 Ankauf der ältesten in Deutschland erhaltenen privaten Zeichnungssammlung: Der „Kleine Klebeband“ der Fürsten Waldburg-Wolfegg. Press release of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2011-10-7
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