Michael Philipp Junior, German fl.1654-1687- Saint George and the dragon; etching ...
Michael Philipp Junior,
German fl.1654-1687-
Saint George and the dragon;
etching on laid paper, signed 'MP Junior fecit paglia forfo / 1679' (within the plate, lower right), indistinctly inscribed and bearing a Kupferstichkabinett stamp verso, 14.2 x 17.1 cm.
Provenance:
Kupferstichkabinett, Munich [Lugt 1614].
with Christopher Mendez, London.
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Little is known about Michael Philipp, other than the fact that we has working in Ulm, Germany, in the second half of the 17th century. The present work is based on a now lost composition by miniaturist Giulio Clovio (1498-1578) known through the engraving executed by Enea Vico (1523-1567) published in 1542 [see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv 49.97.348].
Michael Philipp Junior,
German fl.1654-1687-
Saint George and the dragon;
etching on laid paper, signed 'MP Junior fecit paglia forfo / 1679' (within the plate, lower right), indistinctly inscribed and bearing a Kupferstichkabinett stamp verso, 14.2 x 17.1 cm.
Provenance:
Kupferstichkabinett, Munich [Lugt 1614].
with Christopher Mendez, London.
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
Little is known about Michael Philipp, other than the fact that we has working in Ulm, Germany, in the second half of the 17th century. The present work is based on a now lost composition by miniaturist Giulio Clovio (1498-1578) known through the engraving executed by Enea Vico (1523-1567) published in 1542 [see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv 49.97.348].
