Live veiling - Lot 177
[German]
The surprised spinner.
Augsburg, Georg Philip II and Johann Lorenz I Rugendas, 2nd half 18th c
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140
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Beschrijving lot
Hand-coloured mezzotint, 40,4 x 31,5 cm, wove paper, signed at bottom right: " G. P. et Ioh. Lorenz Rugendas Pater et Filius Sculpsit et excudit Aug. Vind." and numbered 1, title and text in both German and Latin in lower margin (some foxing in margin).
Under passe-partout and gilt frame (not studied outside frame). Wide margins.
Charming scene of a man coming home after the hunt and surprising his spinning wife.