Martin Johann Schmidt

Grafenwörth 1718 – 1801 Stein/Donau

Graces and faun at a vase

etching, 14,5 x 9,3 cm, second state with the date
fresh color printing with visible edge
Signed and dated on the plate: "1771 M. J. Schmidt fec."

The etching is part of a series of four sheets that represent Bacchanalia and were made between 1771 and 1773.

Literature:
K. Garzarolli, -Thurnlackh, Das graphische Werk Martin Johann Schmidt`s,
Zürich-Wien-Leipzig 1925, 25. – R. Feuchtmüller, Der Kremser Schmidt, Innsbruck -Vienna 1989, p 431, WV 407 with illustration, p. 565, D 25 (WV der eigenhändigen Radierungen).

price: 850 €