Melchior Küsel

Gideon prüft sein Heer am Jordan.

Details

Gideon and his army at a river bank. Engraving after Johann Heinrich Schönfeld on yellowish paper without watermark. (About 1655/60). C. 25.5 : 34 cm (sheet c. 29 : 38 cm).

Description

Hollstein 1.
Hervorragender, kontrastreicher Druck mit einem gleichmäßigen Rand um die deutlich druckende Plattenkante. In der Platte links unten bezeichnet: “J.H. Schönfeldt inventor et Pinxit. Melchior Küsell sculps:”. Mit einer geglätteten Bugfalte und zwei Quetschfalten vom Druck. Minimal stockfleckig, ansonsten altersgemäß in gutem Zustand.
Literatur: Krapf 66; Ausstellungskatalog, Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, Ulm 1967, Nr. 208, Abb. 213.

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