Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
Upon the flourishing streets of Augsburg, Bavaria, he sketched its various colourful characters - from the bespectacled librarian, through to the flamboyant chevalier. Each figure gently satirised with a quiet noble wit.
Here, we see a pensive gentleman with hands clasped, perhaps immersed in a romantic tangle. Note the small sword, a fashionable addition rather than a dangerous weapon.
Famously, the first graphic novel is credited to the hand of von Götz. A series of 160 engravings describing his own play, Leonardo und Blandine (1783) - a melodramatic meandering of illicit love and murder.
Held in a contemporary glazed frame.
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Medium: Engraving (red ink) on laid paper
Overall size: 11½” x 14½” / 30cm x 37cm
Year of creation: c. 1783
Condition: Artwork presents well with a few minor marks.
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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18th-century Engraving, Robert Brichet After Joseph François Von Götz
