711 - K. KAPPES (*1821) after STEINLE (*1810), *The Lost Sheep*, trial proof, steel engraving

K. KAPPES (*1821) after STEINLE (*1810), *The Lost Sheep*, trial proof, steel engraving Karl Kappes (1821 Frankfurt am Main – 1857 ibid.) after Edward Jakob von Steinle (1810 Vienna – 1886 Frankfurt am Main): Proof: The Parable of the Lost Sheep, 19th century, steel engraving Technique: Steel engraving on paper Stamp: Collector’s stamp, Lugt no.: 1367. Heinrich Stiebel (1851–1928). Frankfurt am Main. 19th century Inscription: Monogrammed lower right in the image. Date: 19th century Description: The parable of the lost sheep is found in Luke 15:4–7 and in Matthew 18:12–13, in which Jesus describes a shepherd’s efforts to find a lost sheep and his joy upon finding it again. Edward von Steinle was a 19th-century Austrian painter, a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, who lived in Rome from 1828 to 1834, where he associated with Friedrich Overbeck and Philipp Veit; in 1850, he became the first professor at the Städel Institute. He produced numerous easel paintings, mostly religious in subject matter, as well as portraits and Romantic genre paintings; he also created a large number of drawings and watercolors, most of them with a Romantic touch, a style he had acquired through his association with Clemens Brentano; in 1839, he moved to Frankfurt am Main and joined the Nazarene circle centered around Veit. Steinle is one of the leading figures in Catholic church art after the mid-19th century. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Religious, Germany, Size: Paper: 8.2 cm x 9.4 cm (3.2 x 3.7 in), Image: 6.2 cm x 7.4 cm (2.4 x 2.9 in) Condition: Good condition. The sheet shows minimal foxing in the margins due to its age; the upper corners on the reverse side have remnants of small adhesive strips from a previous mounting; there is a slight stain in the upper right corner within the image.