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Picturæ a Fresco in Aedibus Augustæ Vindelic[orum] à Joanne Holtzer Pictore ingenioso
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Aspectus triplex scenographicus Cervi picti in Vdo à Ioanne Holzer, ad Angulum Diversorii, dicti Bauerntanz
Picturæ a Fresco in Aedibus Augustæ Vindelic[orum] à Joanne Holtzer Pictore ingenioso
about 1765 - 1770
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18196
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schuster 006
DescriptionPlate F from "Picturæ a Fresco in Aedibus Augustæ Vindelic[orum] à Joanne Holtzer Pictore ingenioso,"( Augsbug, about 1765 - 70).
Reproduces a fresco by Johann Evangelist Holzer of a hunter stalking and shooting a stag; the painting formerly graced an exterior (?) wall of the Gasthaus "Zum Bauerntanz" in Augsburg. The building, at the corner of Beim Märzenbad and Bauerntanzgäßchen, appears to be extant, though the fresco has been destroyed.
Reproduces a fresco by Johann Evangelist Holzer of a hunter stalking and shooting a stag; the painting formerly graced an exterior (?) wall of the Gasthaus "Zum Bauerntanz" in Augsburg. The building, at the corner of Beim Märzenbad and Bauerntanzgäßchen, appears to be extant, though the fresco has been destroyed.
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper left: F
In plate, above image: Aspectus triplex scenographicus Cervi picti in Vdo à Ioanne Holzer, ad Angulum Diversorii, dicti Bauerntanz
In plate, at left, below image: Siste gradum et Pictories Opus mirare Viator, / quo tua se vertunt lumina, Cervus adest: / Ac unus tantum; Caput unum: fassa sed, artem / Natura, hic Palmam praeripuiise sibi.
In plate, at right, below image: Du siehest einem Hirsch, wo es dein Aug begehrt: / Dreii sinds und aber doch nur einer mit Geweihen. / Hier triumphiert die Kunst: ists dan[n] nicht unerhört, / Daß such dreii Hirsche hier den Kopf einander leihen?
In plate, at lower center: J. E. Nilson sculps et excud: Aug: V:
In plate, above image: Aspectus triplex scenographicus Cervi picti in Vdo à Ioanne Holzer, ad Angulum Diversorii, dicti Bauerntanz
In plate, at left, below image: Siste gradum et Pictories Opus mirare Viator, / quo tua se vertunt lumina, Cervus adest: / Ac unus tantum; Caput unum: fassa sed, artem / Natura, hic Palmam praeripuiise sibi.
In plate, at right, below image: Du siehest einem Hirsch, wo es dein Aug begehrt: / Dreii sinds und aber doch nur einer mit Geweihen. / Hier triumphiert die Kunst: ists dan[n] nicht unerhört, / Daß such dreii Hirsche hier den Kopf einander leihen?
In plate, at lower center: J. E. Nilson sculps et excud: Aug: V:
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.