552 - J. ERHARD (1795–1822), The Old Man in Front of the Knüppelsteg, 1819, etching

J. ERHARD (1795–1822), The Old Man in Front of the Knüppelsteg, 1819, etching Johann Christoph Erhard (1795 Nuremberg – 1822 Rome): The Old Man in Front of the Knüppelsteg, 1819, etching Technique: Etching on paper Catalogue Raisonné: , 92, III/III Inscription: Signed and dated lower right on the printing plate: “JC Erhard fec. 1819”; inscribed below in pencil by an unknown hand: “Der Wanderer auf dem Weg ins Gehölz (1819)” Date: 1819 Source: The Salzburg Landscapes with Large Figures, No. 2 | print suite, Landscape Literature: Apell, Aloys: Handbook for Collectors of Copper Engravings or Lexicon of the Most Distinguished Engravers of the 19th Century; Leipzig 1880. Cat. Rais. No.: 92, III/III. Keywords: Landscape, Nature, Forest, Allegory, Age, Vanitas, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 24.4 cm x 31.3 cm (9.6 x 12.3 in), Plate: 20.1 cm x 26.5 cm (7.9 x 10.4 in), Image: 19.1 cm x 26.1 cm (7.5 x 10.3 in) Condition: Very good condition. Pale staining, particularly in the margins. Faint rubbing in places. A coarse bump mark and thinning of the paper at the top center. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped and creased.