Wintter, Joseph Georg (1751 Munich 1789). The Chief Boar in the Winter Forest. – The Hunter smoking a Pipe at the shot Chief Boar. 2 sheets on 1. Etchings. (1777.) 10.3-10.5 x 12.7-12.8 cm.

Niemeyer 17-18, II; Nagler 10, 3 + 4. – The fine pendants of the charming early 6-sheet set, here in wide-margined impressions on buff paper from the comprehensive 44-sheet Augsburg edition Schwerdt III, 190, a ( “Rare” ) of earliest 1821. The wonderful quality of its impressions discloses the small editions and caused Schwerdt, not knowing the chronological factor, to assume proofs before the letter in many cases. But already on occasion of the otherwise not proven 137-sheet edition Weigel 21336 stated in 1857: “Most sheets very rare”.

His “etchings are fine and stand in their execution between those by Hollar and Riedinger. In 1784 W. became electoral Court and Hunting Engraver” (Nagler in vol. III, no. 68, of his Dictionary of Monogramists of 1863 and on his part additionally referring to the rarity of these fine plates). – Light marginal foxing.
Offer no. 14,142 / EUR  220. (c. US$ 306.) + shipping

Together with the stag pendants 10,886 as ll. 1 + 2 of the set as in this compilation only at Schwerdt, too.
Offer no. 14,143 / EUR  420. / export price EUR  399. (c. US$ 555.) + shipping

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