Auction 110 - Tag 3 Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
May 27, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany

This is session 3 of 3 of our 110th auction


featuring over 1300 items in the categories fine art, ceramics, metalware, sculptures and more! Please visit our webpage to find the current session schedule with the respective categories and further information.

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LOT 3701:

Elias Baeck, series of prints Il Callotto resuscitato
Series of 50 copper engravings depicting dwarfs ...

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Start price:
800
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Auction took place on May 27, 2023 at Auktionshaus Mehlis
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Elias Baeck, series of prints Il Callotto resuscitato
Series of 50 copper engravings depicting dwarfs caricaturing various human vices and weaknesses, inscribed on title page "Il Callotto resuscitato oder Neu eingerichtetes Zwerchen Cabinet", each with text below the depiction, bordered with gnomes, Augsburg circa 1715, two sheets stained, otherwise slight signs of age, sheet dimensions approx. 32,5 x 19,5 cm, artist info: also Elias Beck, alias Heldenmuth, German engraver and painter (1679 to 1747 Augsburg), studied in Rome, worked in Venice and Ljubljana and settled in Augsburg, source: Thieme-Becker, Nagler and Wikipedia.