1586 - Kolbe, Carl Wilhelm. The Dance. Etching on vellum. 1800. Plate dimensions: 43.5 x 54 cm. Sheet dimensions: 46.5 x 55.5 cm.

Kolbe, Carl Wilhelm. The Dance. Etching on vellum. 1800. Plate dimensions: 43.5 x 54 cm. Sheet dimensions: 46.5 x 55.5 cm. Martens 273 II - Jentsch 243/II. - Print of the etching published by Gerhard Fleischer in Leipzig, in the second state, prior to the addition of any text. - The Arcadian landscape featuring a satyr and dancers was created in 1800 in Dessau, where Kolbe (1757–1835) had served as court engraver since 1798. - Slightly browned, with faint spots; the edges of the sheet are somewhat creased. - Also included: Klotz, Simon Petrus. A Mountainous Region Near Salzburg. Lithograph on sturdy paper. Typographically titled below the motif. Probably around 1810. Image dimensions: 21.5 x 30 cm. Sheet dimensions: 26.5 x 39 cm. - Winkler 416, 25 and Dussler, 1925, p. 95, no. 21. - From the early period of German lithography. - The print is mounted in spots along the upper edge onto a backing and shows traces of an old mounting; it is generally browned and has foxing, with handwritten notes in pencil in the lower corners. - Provenance: Walter Bauer Collection, Fulda.