Print Description
Original master print, titled: ‘Die Schone hat bereits das Ehe Bett verlassen”. It shows a morning bedroom scene, with a lady being attended by two handmaidens, and her husband lounging and reading a newspaper on the left.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: mezzotint engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 39 x 50.5 cm (15.35 x 19.88 inch). Image size: 32.5 x 43 cm. (12.8 x 16.93 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. A flattened printer’s fold over the middle of the image. A small tear in the top margin restored using acid-free archival tape. A tiny hole in the right edge of the caption, backed with paper and acid-free archival tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LADY-GENTLEMAN-MORNING-DRESS | DP-B1-14
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Original antique master print. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Haid after a painting by Haid. This print was published by Jean Jacques Haid, in c.1760.
Biography engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767) was a German engraver who worked in Augsburg. He came from a family of artists and engravers. He himself was mostly known for his large mezzotint portraits.
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