Bartholomaus Kilian - Leonhard Senfriedt Handelsmann in Augsburg

Original Engraving by the 17th century German artist Bartholomaus Kilian.

Leonhard Senfriedt Handelsmann in Augsburg

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Title:	Leonhard Senfriedt Handelsmann in Augsburg
Engraver:	Kilian, Bartholomaus (Augsburg, 1630 - 1696)
Designer:	Mayr, J. U.
Date:	1686
Medium:	Original Line Engraving
	Bartholomaus Kilian: In the second half of the seventeenth century the portrait engraving held one of the highest position of any art form. Rendering the human likeness with the meticulous and complex use of the engraved line attracted the greatest masters of the era. Robert Nanteuil, Antoine Masson, Claude Mellan, William Faithorne, Jonas Suyderhoeff and others became the most respected artists of this Golden Age of the engraved portrait. Now, more than three hundred years later, one is still amazed by the delicacy and technical virtuosity of their art.
	Paris was the centre for the portrait engraving, but many other cities rivaled it. Augsburg was a strong competitor. An interesting point about Augsburg was that from about 1600 to 1750 its artistic productions were dominated by one family, the Kilian's. The first was the grandfather of Bartholomaus Kilian. He fathered three sons who were all practicing artists. One, Wolfgang Kilian, had three more sons; Johan (1632-1697), Philipp (1628-1693) and Bartholomaus (1630-1696). The family line continued to pass through three more generations of engraving artists. Bartholomaus Kilian and his uncle, Lukas (1579-1637), are ranked as the most accomplished engravers from this well known family.
	Bartholomaus Kilian first studied art under his father and later finished his studies in engraving under Matthaus Merian, in Frankfort, and de Poilly, in Paris. Upon returning to Augsburg, Bartholomaus Kilian established himself as a leading engraver and was commissioned for the portraits of European royalty and other important individuals. He is, in fact, responsible for one of the largest and most remarkable engravings ever executed; The Emperor Joseph on Horseback, rendered at full life scale!
	Bartholomaus Kilian's Leonhard Senfriedt Handelsmann in Augsburg portrays a leading Augsburg merchant. Long admired as one of his most accomplished engravings, it is a subtle rendering which captures a wide range of expression, detail and tonal values. Works such as this made Bartholomaus Kilian a master of his art.
Raisonne:	F. Anzelewski, ed., Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, Van Gendt & Co., Amsterdam, 1975, Vol. XVI, pp. 87 - 204.
	Hollstein Catalogue #308, First and only State.
	D. K. Nagler, Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexicon, Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig, Vol. 7, pp. 448 - 450.
	Catalogue #45, First and only State.
Size:	13 X 9 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $365.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon seventeenth century, laid paper and with margins extending beyond the plate-mark on all sides. Containing several very faint spots else a brilliant, early impression and in very good condition throughout. Altogether, Leonhard Senfriedt Handelsmann in Augsburg is a superb, original example of both the engraved art of Bartholomaus Kilian and of the Golden Age of the portrait.
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