Schwanzmeise Pfannenstiel [Long-tailed tit]
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- Nuremberg: Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1772
Nuremberg: Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1772. Print. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on laid paper. Image measures 12 1/2" x 8". Sheet measures 16 1/2" x 9 1/2"
This beautiful 18th century engraving depicts a Long-tailed tit's nest, and six eggs resting on a bed of feathers.
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1733-1797) was a German engraver and publisher based in Nuremberg. In very good condition. Full original margins. Wirsing created the work after Barbara Dietzsch to appear as watercolors. Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706 - 1783) was a Bavarian painter and engraver known for her still life paintings.
This beautiful 18th century engraving depicts a Long-tailed tit's nest, and six eggs resting on a bed of feathers.
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1733-1797) was a German engraver and publisher based in Nuremberg. In very good condition. Full original margins. Wirsing created the work after Barbara Dietzsch to appear as watercolors. Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706 - 1783) was a Bavarian painter and engraver known for her still life paintings.