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Three upright ornamental grotesque panels with Daedalus and Icarus, Vulcan´s Forge and a nymph

DELSENBACH, Johann Adam (Nuremberg, 1687-1765), after Paul Decker.
Three upright ornamental grotesque panels with Daedalus and Icarus, Vulcan´s Forge and a nymph.
Etching, c. 1715-1735
213x170 mm.
Lettered "Ioh. Ad. Delsenbach. fecit"al lower right.
Provenance: non identified collector´s mark on the recto (not in Lugt). A graphite inscription on the verso.

 


 

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Bibliography:
Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.395, 420 (12).
(Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 85.4

Illustration to "Neues Groteschgen-Werk vor Goldschmidt Glaßschneider und andere Kunstler inventirt durch Paulus Decker Architectum" (Martin Engelbrect, Nuremberg, 1715-1735).