17th and 18th
AMLING Carl Gustav
FICHE 6817
(1650 - 1703)
Hiems (Winter), from a series of 22 plates from the famous gobelin tapestries in the palace at Munich designed by Candido.
After Peter CANDID, called also CANDIDO or Peter de WITTE (1548 - 1628)
Copper engraving
A nice impression on laid paper
Trimmed to the platemark lower, margins at other sides
Plate: 260 x 160 mm.
Sheet: 274 x 190 mm.
Note: The series of prints was not published as a book, but was engraved and printed for Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector ( Kurfürst) of Bavaria, who gave Amling's prints as a mark of favor to those of his friends whom he wished to distinguish. The twenty-two Munich plates consist of thirteen on the histories of Emperor Otho, Louis of Bavaria, and Otho of Wittelsbach; the Four Seasons; Day and Night; and the months September, October, and December.
Condition: Slight time-staining, creases and abrasions
