SILHOUETTES – JOSEPH WIDNMANN (?).
Double silhouette portrait of Nördlingen artist and antiquarian book dealer Johannes Müller (while drawing an illustration for his birds book from nature), and his wife Anna Margaretha Müller, very probably made to serve as frontispieces in the manuscript of his work on German songbirds. (Wallerstein or Nördlingen / Swabia, Germany), 1798. Black ink and wash on wove paper, heightened with white. 2 leaves, each contemporarily tipped to grey laid paper and captioned below: "Johannes Müller Mahler ǀ a[l]t 46. J[ahr] ǀ fec[it] 1798 ǀ [somewhat later:] gebohren den 10. Juli 1752."; respectively: "Anna Margretha Müllerin ǀ a[l]t 48 Jahr 1798 ǀ [somewhat later:] gebohren den 17 Sept 1750. Starb sanft so wie ihr ganzer Character war den 9 Januar 1820." (Johannes Müller, painter, aged 46 years, made 1798, born July 10th 1752; Anna Margretha Müller, aged 48 years in 1798, born September 17th 1750. She died as gentle as her whole character was on January 9th 1820). c. 18,8 x 25,9 cm (motifs); c. 21 x 32 cm (leaves); 38 x 48 cm (passepartouts).
Sachgebiete: Bibliophilie, Buchwesen, Graphik, Ornithologie, Zeichnungen
05.08.2026 - 10:39
3000,- EUR
Antiquariat Daniela Kromp
