VOGEL, Bernhard Christophorus Weigelius chalchographus celeberrimi Norinbergae. Natus MDCLIIII, 1714. Mezzotint, Augsburg, Bernhard Vogel, March 1714, 49 x 33 cm. Clear stain in upper left corner. Under glass in wooden frame (not unframed).
Estimation :
80 / 120
Adjudication :
80 €
Description
Impressive and extr. rare mezzotint portrait of Christoph Weigel (1654-1725) by Bernhard Vogel (1683-1737) after I. Kuperzky (1666-1740). Vogel excelled in the mezzotints, being the best ones of his period. He made a series of 73 mezzotints after paintings of Kupersky. He was a pupil of Christoph Weigel and made this portrait "obligationis et amicitiae ergo sculpsibat et offere". "Die enge Verbindung Weigels zu Bernhard Vogel manifestiert sich in den beiden Schabkunstporträts, die Vogel nach Kuperzky von Weigel 1714 und 1735 schuf - diese Gemälde gelten heute als verschollen" (Anne-Katrin Sors, Die Englische Manier, Göttingen, 2014).
