Caption

Cartoon on portrait art, Counterfact = Narr, cartoon, print, book illustration, Germany, Austria, 1709, paper, engraving, etching, height 182 mm x width 123 mm, Print used for: Abraham a Sancta Clara, Weigel, Christoph, Lercher, Christoph. Centi-Folium Stultorum. Oder Hunder Ausbündige Jesters. Vienna: 1709., artist's model, sitter, artist (in general) working from clothed model, parody on art, An interior scene rendered in a detailed line engraving shows a seated man with curled hair and ornate clothing facing an easel where an artist sits on a stool painting his portrait on an oval canvas, the artist holding a palette and brushes and wearing a cap and apron. Behind the sitter a second attendant stands at a table holding a wig above the seated man’s head. The room contains framed landscape pictures on the walls, a round object hanging on the wall near the table, and a ladder-like support for the easel. The floor and walls are illustrated with closely spaced hatch lines and the lower portion of the image contains a block of decorative script.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_160

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.9Mb (8.8Mb) / 11.8in x 17.4in / 3535 x 5229 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cartoon portrait art Counterfact = Narr cartoon print book illustration Germany Austria 1709 paper engraving etching height 182 mm x width 123 mm Print Abraham Sancta Clara Weigel Christoph Lercher Centi-Folium Stultorum Oder Hunder Ausbündige Jesters Vienna artist's model sitter artist in general working clothed model parody art interior scene rendered detailed line engraving seated man curled hair ornate clothing facing easel artist sits stool painting portrait oval canvas artist holding palette brushes wearing cap apron second attendant stands table holding wig seated man’s head room contains framed landscape pictures walls round object hanging wall near table ladder- support floor illustrated closely spaced hatch lines lower portion image contains block decorative script