Name: Antique Print-LATONA-LYCIAN-PEASANTS-FROGS-METAMORPHOSES-Baur-c.1639
SKU: PICTURA-08959
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Antique Print-LATONA-LYCIAN-PEASANTS-FROGS-METAMORPHOSES-Baur-c.1639

€95.00

‘W. BAUR FEC. (UPPER CENTER, ENGRAVED)’

– Mythological scene: Latona stands beside children, pleading; Lycian peasants mock her; frogs gather in the foreground; cows and trees in tranquil landscape beyond.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.7 x 12.6 cm (8.15 x 4.96 inch). Image size: 20.7 x 12.6 cm. (8.15 x 4.96 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper loss in corners. Light soiling. Tear a top right paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BAUR, METAMORPHOSES, LATONA, LETO, FROGS, OVID, MYTHOLOGY, GERMAN ETCHING, 17TH CENTURY, LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES | PCO-E30-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Baur’s Ovid’s Metamorphoses series, c. 1639. Harvard Art Museums: S11.44.1.

Reference: M. 12, H. 12; Harvard Art Museums, Obj. No. S11.44.1.

Biography engraver: Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607?1641), German painter, draughtsman and etcher. Known for his narrative etchings illustrating classical and biblical themes. Active in Strasbourg and Vienna.