Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn (1712–1780).
Sketch Plate with a Man Holding a Glass of Wine and a Small
Landscape, 1744, from the series, Landscapes
and Heads (see https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.210732.html).
Etching on laid paper trimmed around the platemark
with a thread margin.
Size: (sheet) 12 x 9.1 cm; (image borderline) 11.4 x
8.5 cm.
Inscribed on plate in fine lettering below the image
borderline: (lower left) “Appendix i.d.10 Sept 1744”.
Lifetime impression, state i? (of ii?) before the
addition of the artist’s monogram at lower right (see reference to the monogram
on the copy of this print held by the NGA and the use of the artist’s monogram
in another print from the same series held by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.120394.
Le Blanc 9 (?) (Ch. Le Blanc 1854, “Manuel de
l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les
nations”, Paris).
Condition: a well-printed impression trimmed along the
platemark in very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant
stains. The verso has a previous collectors’ notes including a faded ink remark
by an old hand: “hagedo[r]n”.
I am selling this sensitively etched study of ten heads—the
largest holding a half-filled goblet—and a panoramic river landscape with a
fisherman in the right foreground and other figures and buildings in the distance,
for the total cost of AU$243 (currently US$189.15/EUR155.76/GBP136.06 at the
time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to
anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by
some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally
rare etching of closely observed studies—note that the figures on the far bank
of the river scene are half the size of a grain of rice and yet their portrayed
details show clearly that they are fishermen walking away from the river—please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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