Name: Antique Master Print-NOBLES WOMEN-NAPLES-HARBOUR-PL.29-Kuesel-Baur-1670
SKU: PICTURA-12298
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Antique Master Print-NOBLES WOMEN-NAPLES-HARBOUR-PL.29-Kuesel-Baur-1670

€150.00

‘I. WBAUR INV.’ / ‘CUM PRIVILEGIO S. C. M.’ / ‘MELCHIOR KUSELL F.’ / ’29’ / CAPTION: ‘WIE DIE NEAPOLITANISCHE EDEL FRAUEN AL FRESCO SEHEN FAHREN.”

– Animated harbour scene in Naples showing noble Neapolitan ladies seated and conversing before an ornate architectural portal. Musicians and attendants surround them, while to the right gondolas and sailing ships animate the busy port. The composition combines elegant courtly figures with a lively maritime backdrop.

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-12298 Categories: Italy, Landscapes Tag: Landscape

Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 32 x 26.5 cm (12.6 x 10.43 inch). Image size: 29 x 17.5 cm. (11.42 x 6.89 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Waterstaining, which we can remove on request. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MELCHIOR KUSEL, JOHANN WILHELM BAUR, NAPLES HARBOUR, NEAPOLITAN LADIES, ITALIAN PORT, BAROQUE PRINT, 17TH CENTURY ETCHING, ALLERHAND WUNDER-WURDIGE MEER- U. SEE-PORTEN | PCO-C49-35

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: Johann Wilhelm Baur, Iconographia (also called “Miniatures de l’Empereur”), engraved and published by Melchior Kusel, Augsburg, c. 1670-1671 (plate 18).

Reference: New Hollstein (Kraus) III, 690-699; Hollstein German XX, p. 106f.

Biography engraver: Melchior Kuesel (1626-1684) was a German engraver from Augsburg, known for his work after Johann Wilhelm Baur and illustrations for Bibles and classical subjects. He was the father-in-law of engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus.

Biography artist: Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1640), also known as Joan Guiliam Bouwer, was a German engraver and miniature painter noted for his watercolors and etchings of architectural fantasy and classical themes. He traveled to Italy and died in Vienna while working for Ferdinand III.