604 - J. KLEIN (1792-1875), The Child-Eater Fountain in Bern, 1820, Etching

J. KLEIN (1792-1875), The Child-Eater Fountain in Bern, 1820, Etching Johann Adam Klein (1792 Nuremberg - 1875 Munich): The Child-Eater Fountain in Bern, 1820, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Catalogue Raisonné: , 250 II/II Stamp: Verso Collector's stamp, Lugt no.: 3976. Johann Nepomuk Seiler (1793-1876). Munich. 19th century Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "J. A. Klein f. Roma 1820". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "der Kindlifresser=Brunnen in Bern". Date: 1820 Description: With the statue of a man in old Swiss costume sitting on the fountain column, who has a number of children with him and is eating one of them. The column is canellised and has four pipes with running water and a capital decorated with rams' and children's heads. A procession of dressed bears is depicted on the lower edge. Three horses are being watered at the trough; a boy is sitting on the foremost one and talking to a girl. The rest of the staffage consists of two other men, three women, two boys and two dogs. From the 1844 edition by C. H. Zeh. Provenance: Sammlung Johann Nepomuk Seiler Literature: Jahn, C.: Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein. Maler und Kupferätzer zu München, Mitglied der kgl. Akademie der Künste zu Berli, Inhaber des Verdienstkreuzes vom herzogl. Sächs. Ernestinischen Hausorden; München 1863. Cat. Rais. No.: 250 II/II. Keywords: Fountain, Switzerland, sculpture, traditional costumes, farmers, maid, rider, animals, horses, dogs, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Switzerland, Bern (Bern), Size: Paper: 23,0 cm x 23,0 cm (9,1 x 9,1 in), Plate: 20,0 cm x 20,4 cm (7,9 x 8 in), Depiction: 15,5 cm x 19,5 cm (6,1 x 7,7 in) Condition: Very good condition. Very good condition and beautiful print. Occasional pale foxing spots are recognisable.