拍品專文
The above lot is a design for an engraving by Werlin which illustrates the festival day of Saint Venantius in Joseph Giulini's Tägliche Erbauung eines wahren Christen published in 1757, and again in Latin in 1763. Baumgartner was responsible for approximately 300 of the 365 illustrations of saints, while the remaining few were
engraved after designs by Franz Sigrist the Elder (1727-1803) and
others. The only surviving copy of Tägliche Erbauung eines wahren
Christen in the United States (The Library Company of Philadelphia)
is a Latin edition published in 1763 under the pseudonym Joannes Baptista Masculus and entitled Encomia coelitiuum, Digesta per singulos anni Menses and Dies The engraving of the martyrdom of Saint Venantius appears in volume V opposite p. 25 and is inscribed 'J.W. Baumgartner pinxit.' (cf. German and Austrian Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, loc. cit.).
Saint Venantius (Italy, circa 257 A.D.) was scourged and seared with torches, suspended head downward over fire and smoke, and eventually beheaded. It is now believed that the existence of Saint Venantius should be seriously doubted.
engraved after designs by Franz Sigrist the Elder (1727-1803) and
others. The only surviving copy of Tägliche Erbauung eines wahren
Christen in the United States (The Library Company of Philadelphia)
is a Latin edition published in 1763 under the pseudonym Joannes Baptista Masculus and entitled Encomia coelitiuum, Digesta per singulos anni Menses and Dies The engraving of the martyrdom of Saint Venantius appears in volume V opposite p. 25 and is inscribed 'J.W. Baumgartner pinxit.' (cf. German and Austrian Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, loc. cit.).
Saint Venantius (Italy, circa 257 A.D.) was scourged and seared with torches, suspended head downward over fire and smoke, and eventually beheaded. It is now believed that the existence of Saint Venantius should be seriously doubted.