Description: Athena (Minerva/Pallas) as Patron of the Artsprint by Johanna Sybilla Kuesel (after a print by Wenceslaus Hollar)Mezzotint c 1700 A reverse copy of a print from 1646 by Wenceslaus Hollar, who based his design after a painting by Adam Elsheimer. Elsheimer was famous for his night scenes, particularly those that inspired the prints of Hendrik Goudt, which in turn inspired Rembrandt. Both the Hollar print and this one are referenced in the British Museum, which holds the former, but not this rare print. Printed on very thin laid paper. Residue from mounting on reverse. Spots of wear. Trimmed to within plate, as the original impression identified both Keusel and Elsheimer. 138cm x 85cm (5.5 x 3.5 inches) Johanna Sibylla Küsel (c.1650-1717). From Hollstein, which has identified the artist as a site for new research: "In the seventeenth century it was common for children to learn their parents' trade and for workshops to continue for generations. The long line of ancestors and the high-ranking artistic environment in which Johanna Sibylla Küsel-Kraus grew up are unusually noteworthy. The Augsburg engraver and publisher Melchior Küsel was her father, the imperial court engraver Matthäus Küsel her uncle. Matthäus Merian the Elder was her grandfather, Johann Theodor de Bry was her great-grandfather, Theodor de Bry, the founder of the de Bry-Merian dynasty of engravers and publishers was her great-great-grandfather. The flower and still life painter Jacob Marell, his stepdaughter Maria Sibylla Merian, her husband Johann Andreas Graff and both, Christoph Le Blon the elder and the younger, as well as the portraitist, engraver and publisher Matthäus Merian the Younger, were among her relatives. [...] Johanna Sibylla Küsel-Kraus played a significant role in this production for almost half a century until her death in 1717. However, her importance for the workshop was by no means limited to the production of engravings and etchings. As an experienced and senior engraver she played a major, probably the decisive role, both in the training of her later husband Johann Ulrich Kraus and in the training of her much younger sisters and her cousin, who all together made the impressive output of the workshop possible."
Price: 300 USD
Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts
End Time: 2023-12-19T19:54:33.000Z
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Type: Print
Artist: Johanna Sybilla Kuesel
Theme: Art
Production Technique: Mezzotint
Year of Production: 1700
