‘[LEFT:] MONOGRAM “F. V.” LOWER RIGHT IN PLATE.?[RIGHT:] SIGNED “F. VOLTZ” IN PLATE LOWER RIGHT.’

– Two pack animals: a horse with wooden barrels (left), and a donkey with panniers (right). Each etching printed on one half of the same large sheet.

In stock

Description

Medium: Etching on chine collee on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 28 x 20 cm (11.02 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 22 x 11.5 cm. (8.66 x 4.53 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FRIEDRICH VOLTZ, ANIMAL STUDIES, DONKEY, HORSE, ETCHING, 19TH-CENTURY GERMAN PRINT, RADIRUNGEN, MUNICH, EMIL ROLLER, LOAD ANIMALS | PCO-E30-03

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Radirungen von Friedrich Voltz, Munich 1845, Verlag Emil Roller, printed by S. Minsinger.

Biography engraver: Friedrich Johann Voltz (1817-1886) was a German painter and printmaker, known for animal studies and landscapes. A member of the Munich School, he was admired for his sensitive etchings of rural life.