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Antique: Johann Wilhelm Baur - Costumes of various national

Johann Wilhelm Baur - Costumes of various nationalities

Six etchings on paper with figural motifs of clothing of different nationalities. Etchings from the graphic album: Trachten verschiedener Völker. Six costumes: Moscovites, Persians, Greeks, Dürks, Itallianis, last sheet untitled. Individual dimensions 8,1 x 10,1 cm. Total size with passepartout and glass 46,5 x 40 cm. Germany 1636.

Johann Wilhelm Baur, also Joan Guiliam Bouwer or Bauer ( 31 May 1607 Strasbourg - 1 January 1640 Vienna )

German printmaker, engraver and miniature painter. One of the founders of German Baroque printmaking. He trained under the miniature painter Friedrich Brentl in Strasbourg. He lived and worked in Italy for many years, staying in Rome with the famous Czech painter Karel Skreta. Based on his drawings of costumes of various nationalities, Melchior Küsel in Ausburg engraved a graphic sheet.