2-Antique Master Prints-COASTAL-LANDSCAPES-FISHERMEN-SHIPS-Weirotter-c.1760

Description Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 17 x 4 cm (6.69 x 1.57 inch). Image size: 17 x 4 cm. (6.69 x 1.57 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. A vertical tear in one of the plates, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. FRANZ EDMUND WEIROTTER, COASTAL LANDSCAPE, FISHERMEN, SAILING SHIPS, MARITIME, 18TH CENTURY, ETCHING, PANORAMIC PRINT, DUNES, SEASCAPE | PCO-C49-33 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Source: unknown, to be determined. Biography engraver: Franz Edmund Weirotter (Innsbruck 1730 – Vienna 1771) was an Austrian painter and printmaker, active mainly in Paris and Vienna. He specialized in landscape etchings and was influenced by Dutch 17th-century landscape art. Weirotter became director of the engraving academy in Vienna and produced numerous refined etchings of pastoral and coastal scenes characterized by delicate line work and atmospheric sensitivity.