Antique Master Print-JESUS-SAINT-MONK-Anonymous-c. 1740

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Antique print, untitled. Deus Similem sibi fecit illum in Gloria Sanctorum. A praying monk is visited by the infant Christ. Engraving on hand laid paper. No watermark visible. Description: Published by Joseph Wagner in Venice, c. 1740. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Joseph Wagner (1706 1780) was a highly regarded eighteenth century engraver and draughtsman. He was born at Thalendorf, on Lake Constance, in 1706. He studied painting at Venice under Jacopo Amigoni, who persuaded him to turn to engraving, and Wagner accompanied Amigoni to Rome and Bologna, and in 1733 to England. He afterwards went to Paris, to study engraving under Laurent Cars. He then made a second stay in England, where his first productions were portraits of the three princesses, Anne, Amelia, and Caroline, the daughters of George ll. He engraved several other plates in England, but returned to Venice, where he opened a school and also carried on a considerable business as a print seller. Condition: Very good, given age. Small crease in left bottom corner. Soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: E33-15 The overall size is ca. 7.5 x 10.8 inch. The image size is ca. 6.4 x 9 inch. The overall size is ca. 19.1 x 27.5 cm. The image size is ca. 16.2 x 22.8 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45642

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