ORGAN - EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ETCHING - Habermann, Franz XaverClick Image to ZoomEnlarge Image

ORGAN - EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ETCHING

Habermann, Franz Xaver (1721-1796)

Augsburg, c. 1743. Total size in mat: 18" h x 13.5" w (45.5 cm x 34.5 cm). Total size of print: 12.5" h x 8.25" w (31.5 cm x 21 cm). Light bleedthrough at organ's center from small blue dealer stamp on verso. Otherwise in excellent condition.
An etching of a grand and ornate organ with three towers and rococo styling by the German printmaker Franz Xaver Habermann, published by Johann Georg Hertel in Augsburg. As per the Rijksmuseum, the print, titled Kerkorgel met drie torens, was produced in the early 1740s as part of the series Kerkorgels.

Attractively double matted with cream and teal mats.

Franz Xaver Habermann was a German artist best known for his engravings of cityscapes.
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