Antique print Allegorical portraits of a couple Eimmart after Neuberger.

Georg Christoph Eimmart II (1638-1705), after Daniel Neuberger (1621-1680)

Antique print I Allegorical portraits of a couple, published ca. 1650, 1 p.

Name: Antique print I Allegorical portraits of a couple, published ca. 1650, 1 p.
SKU: PR121291
Price: 200.00 EUR
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Impression from a series of prints after wax reliefs by Daniel Neuberger.

The bust portraits of a man and a woman, being held on the shoulders of a Hercules. The couple is crowned with laurel by two deities, one at each side of the scene. Atop are three cupids holding a wreath with vegetation and fruits. Standing besides the Hercules are a young man and a young girl carrying attributes. At his feet is a lion and two prisoners in chains.

Signed at bottom: D. Neuberger inv. / G. C. Eimmart del et sculp.

On verso collector’s mark of Pim van Eekelen [L. 5101]. On the mount, under the print, handwritten notes by van Eekelen, with references to the artists.

Neuberger was a sculptor specialising in wax reliefs, working in Augsburg and Vienna. Examples of his work are in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His daughter, Anna Felicitas (1650-1731) followed on is footsteps.

[NL] Antieke prent, ets door Georg Christoph Eimmart II naar Neuberger. Impressie uit een serie prenten naar wassen bas-reliëfs van Daniel Neuberger.

€ 242,00 (€ 200,00 ex. btw)

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SKU: PR121291 Categories: Etching, Iconography, Marriage, Mythology, Portraits Tag: prints 0123

Abebooks category: Art, Prints & Posters
Product type: Prints
Print technique: Etching
Period Made: 1650-1700

Etching on laid paper, with broad margins; total: 362 x 252 mm; mounted on cardboard; some rubbing, a trace of a water stain on the bottom left, slightly affecting the plate. Otherwise in very good condition.