Rare Antique Print-JESUS MEETS DEVIL-RELIGIOUS SCENES-Goz-Pfeffel-Friedrich-1736

Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 30,5 x 20,5 cm. (12 x 8,1 inch). Image size: 16,5 x 12,5 cm. (6,5 x 4,9 inch).

From: ‘Mysteriosa Typica Descriptio …’, published by Johann Andreas Pfeffel in 1736. Provenance: Ex. Coll. Georg Denzel (collection mark: G+W D in circle; not in Lugt).

Made by ‘Jacob Andreas Friedrich’ after ‘Gottfried Bernhard Goz’. Jacob Andreas Friedrich / Fridrich (1684-1751) worked as a professional engraver. Gottfried Goz (1708-1774) was a German Painter from Augsburg. Publisher: Johan Andreas Pfeffel, the elder (1674-1748) was one of the great publishers and printmakers in Augsburg in the first half of the 18th. Century.

Condition: Very good, given age. Plate trimmed and attached to carrier sheet with blindstamp at top. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JESUS MEETING DEVIL-RELIGIOUS SCENES

coll. Rb202102 (Rbos-A5-17)