“ In Animal Painting also distinguished themselves …”
Thoman(n) von Hagelstein, Tobias Heinrich (1700 Augsburg 1764). Assault by a Lion on a Fallow-deer pursued by a Bear. Sliding down a rock the lion has grasped the deer while the bear appears above behind a fallen tree. Lower right a fox before a hole as surprised as not unwilling to take his part of the prey of the great game. Especially in view of the anticipated quarrel between them. Mezzotint in brown. Inscribed in the plate: T. Heinr. Thomann del. fec. et excud. A. V. 48.2 x 36.7 cm.
Schwerdt III, 172 ( “interesting” ). – Compare with ADB XXXVIII, 65 f. – Plate 1 of a four-plate suite of not numbered fights of beasts. – Watermark (figurative/typographic?). – Latin-German two-liner:
Here lies the fallow-deer the bear just got
the lion deprives him the prey and lets the bear growl .
With surrounding paper margins of 2-2.5 cm. – Smoothed centerfold. – Two small shaves retouched. – Backside evenly slightly browned, namely the white margins just lightly foxing. Otherwise
wonderful warm-toned impression
as reserved to only the first 50-60 from the delicate mezzotint plate.
And the younger Thomann himself by the way, so Welisch, (Contributions to the History of the Augsburg Painters in the 18th Century), 1901, p. 93 further,
“ highly rated by Ridinger , too ”.
Offer no. 28,139 / EUR 885. / export price EUR 841. (c. US$ 1145.) + shipping
„ das ‚Haupt-Schwein‘ ist gut … angekommen und gefällt … falls sich weitere Funde … auftun, freue ich mich über Ihre Nachricht “
(Herr W. S., 29. August 2002)