Grun Specht [Green Woodpecker]
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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 European green woodpecker's nest
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1733-1797) was a German engraver and publisher based in Nuremberg. In very good condition, with minor scattered foxing and some soiling to outer margin, plate line trimmed but not affecting the image. 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 European green woodpecker's nest
Adam Ludwig Wirsing (1733-1797) was a German engraver and publisher based in Nuremberg. In very good condition, with minor scattered foxing and some soiling to outer margin, plate line trimmed but not affecting the image. 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.