Name: Antique Master Print-SAINT-MATTHEW-S-MATTHAEUS-Goz-Klauber-c.1740-1770
SKU: PCO-25702
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Antique Master Print-SAINT-MATTHEW-S-MATTHAEUS-Goz-Klauber-c.1740-1770

€195.00

‘S. MATTH?US.’ – ‘GOZ ET KLAUBER CATH. SCULP. ET EXCUD. A.V.? – ‘CUM PR. SAC. CAES. MAJ.?’

– Allegorical Baroque composition of Saint Matthew the Evangelist seated with an angel guiding him. He holds a scroll inscribed with Latin text. Around him symbolic elements including a winged angel, dragon, globe, book, and ornamental cartouche. Dramatic clouds and elaborate rococo framing surround the scene.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23.4 x 35.1 cm (9.21 x 13.82 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 32 cm. (8.07 x 12.6 inch).

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

SAINT MATTHEW, S. MATTHAEUS, EVANGELIST, G?Z AND KLAUBER, AUGSBURG ENGRAVING, 18TH CENTURY DEVOTIONAL PRINT, BAROQUE ALLEGORY, IMPERIAL PRIVILEGE | PCO-E15-2-42

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Augsburg (A.V. = Augusta Vindelicorum) by Goz and Klauber, with Imperial privilege.

Biography engraver: Johann Andreas Goz (1697-1764) was a German engraver and publisher active in Augsburg. He collaborated with the Klauber workshop, one of the most important engraving dynasties in 18th-century Augsburg. The Klaubers produced numerous devotional and ornamental engravings distributed throughout Catholic Europe, often bearing Imperial privilege.