Author: Piloty the Elder, Ferdinand (1786-1844); after Abraham Bloemaert
Title: Bearded Man, Woman and Cat in Front of a Fireplace. First Edition of the Lithograph
Description: Munich: Circa 1810-1816. Lithograph. 24 x 28cm. sheet size. British Museum: Likely from 'Les Oeuvres Lithographiques, choix de dessins d'après les grands maitres de toutes les Ecoles, tirées du Musée de S.M. le roi de Bavière par Strixner, Piloty et Cie'. It was produced under the sponsorship of Aretin and von Mannlich. It was directed and mostly made by Strixner and Piloty, and was published by J Stuntz in Munich in 72 parts each of 6 sheets, with 432 prints in total, between 1810 and 1816 (so Düssler: no complete copy is recorded in London, and the BM only has oddments from it). It was followed by the separate series of plates after paintings, the 'Königlich Bayerischer Gemälde-Sammlung zu München und Schleissheim' in 1817-24. See Wolfgang Wegner in 'Oberbayerisches Archiv', 87 1965, pp.139-79...Bibliographic references Winkler 1975 / Die Frühzeit der deutschen Lithographie (undescribed) Dussler 1955 / Die Incunabeln der deutschen Lithographie 1796-1821 (139.X. .

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