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[Bacchus.]ALT, 20. LAT, 18. unc:
Van Dalen Pinx. v. Prenner inc.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60155] £280.00
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60155] £280.00