1071
Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser Schmidt
(Grafenwörth 1718 - 1801 Stein)
„Seduction of Kallisto“
c. 1780
charcoal and chalk on grey-brown paper; framed
26 x 19 cm
Inscribed on the bottom edge by the hand of the artist: „Giove trasformato in Diana é Calisto”
Provenance
Benedictine Abbey Lambach (sheet 21 of Father Koloman Felner);
since the 1920s private collection, Vienna
Literature
Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh, Das graphische Werk Martin Johann Schmidt's. "Kremser Schmidt". 1718-1801, Zürich/Vienna/Leipzig 1925, p. 44, no. 21;
Rupert Feuchtmüller, Der Kremser Schmidt. 1718-1801, Innsbruck/Vienna 1989, p. 492, no. 739/6 (b/w-ill.)
Estimate: € 2.500 - 5.000
Result: € 3.200 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.