Carl
Agricola (aka Carl Joseph Aloys Agricola; Karl Josef Aloys Agricola;
Carl Joseph Alois Agricola) (1779–1852)
“Virgin and Child” (aka “Maria
mit dem Kinde” [Andresen title]; “Mary with the Child”), 1809, after Hans
Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543).
Etching with stipple engraving
on fine wove (Japon) paper, trimmed with a small margin around the platemark
and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 13.7 x 11.2
cm; (platemark) 11.5 x 9.8 cm; (image borderline) 11.2 x 8.7 cm.
Inscribed in plate outside
the image borderline: (left edge) “Hans Holbein pinx. amno 1567”; (right edge) “C.
Agricola sc. 1809.”
And. 8 (Andreas Andresen
1870, “Handbuch für kupferstichsammler” [Handbook for Copperplate Collectors],
vol. 1, Leipzig, T. O. Weigel, p. 7, cat. no. 8 [see https://archive.org/details/handbuchfrkupfe00andrgoog/page/6/mode/2up]).
See also the descriptions
of this print offered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Harvard Art Museums:
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/10755
& https://hvrd.art/o/277189.
Condition: a strong and
well-printed (near faultless) impression with a small margin around the
platemark and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper
providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition for its
considerable age with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.
I am selling this sensitively
executed and rare etching for AU$246 in total (currently/approximately US$167.86/
EUR150.22/ GBP126.03 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. Note that payment is in Australian
dollars (AU$246) as this is my currency.
If you are interested in
purchasing this exceptionally beautiful etching, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
