Description

Anton Joseph von Prenner (Wallerstein, 1683 – Vienna or Linz, 1743)

Anton Joseph von Prenner: Belvedere Gallery, Charles VI of Germany 

Etching and burin.

Proof on laid paper. This engraving represents a vaulted wall of the Belvedere Gallery decorated with various paintings of the Northern School from the collection of Charles VI, Emperor of Germany (portraits and genre scenes).

Plate 3 of the “Theatrum artis pictoriae quo tabulae depictae quae in caesarea vindobonensi pinacotheca servantur leviore caelatura aeri insculptae exhibentur ab Antonio Josepho de Prenner P.I. Vienna Austriae, Anno MDCCXXVIII “. It is a collection of reproductions of paintings from the imperial gallery of Vienna, around 1728/1731.

Dimensions of the sheet : H. 430 mm x W. 283 mm. Dimensions at the plate mark : H. 353 mm x W. 255 mm.