Omnis in Ascanio chari stat cura parentis. Virgil.
Ioannes Kupezky pinx. Val. Dan. Priesler juxta Originale sculspit.
[Nürnberg 1745.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm, 13½ x 9¾", large margins Tear in margin.
A portrait of a hunter wearing the Brandenburg cross of the 'Ordre de la Generosité' (1667- 1740, when it superceded by the 'Order Pour le Mérite', known during WWI as the 'Blue Max'), with his gun in the crook of his arm. His son holds a dead woodcock and partridge. From 'Ioannis Kupezky, incomparabilis artificis, Imagines et picturae...', a collection of engravings of the artist's work.
[Ref: 13421] £340.00
[Nürnberg 1745.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm, 13½ x 9¾", large margins Tear in margin.
A portrait of a hunter wearing the Brandenburg cross of the 'Ordre de la Generosité' (1667- 1740, when it superceded by the 'Order Pour le Mérite', known during WWI as the 'Blue Max'), with his gun in the crook of his arm. His son holds a dead woodcock and partridge. From 'Ioannis Kupezky, incomparabilis artificis, Imagines et picturae...', a collection of engravings of the artist's work.
[Ref: 13421] £340.00