Oehlefeld – Vogel, Bernhard (1683 Nuremberg 1737). (Johann Noa Buirette of Oehlefeld (1682-1728) on Wilhelmsdorff, in Nuremburg. b: … d: … / … Frav Anna Elisabetha born and married Bvirette von Oehlefeldt (1704-1728). is born in Nuremberg … and passed away there. … 2 half-length portraits with (double) coats-of-arms, each richly draped. He pointing at Wilhelmsdorf Castle, she with roses in her arms. Engraving and mezzotint resp. after Georg de Mares (Stockholm 1697 – Munich 1776). Inscribed: Georg(ius) D(d)e Marees pinxit. / Bernardus Vogel S(s)culps. Aug. Vind., otherwise as before. 50.5-51.2 x 34.5-34.7 cm.

Not in Nagler (plate 2) + Nagler 68. – Plate 2 at the back feebly foxstippled and browned resp. as inessentially perceptible on the front in the white margin only. Of two closed little tears in the right margin only one reaching minimally into the subject.

Main  Works  by Vogel from his time in Augsburg, that of Anna Elisabetha

of  marvelous  velvety  chiaroscuro

as for the rare and tender velvety mezzotints – already in 1675 the expert Sandrart numbered “clean impressions” at just about “50 or 60” – of highest desirability :

“ His mezzotints belong to the best of the time then. P. v. Stetten says about him he were ‘one of the most powerful in black art in Germany’ … Among the later portraits

the  large  portrait  of  Anna  Buirette  of  Oehlefeldt

stands out … by the sure command of the means ”

(Thieme-Becker XXXIV, 475 ff., V).
Offer no. 15,026 / EUR  970. / Export price EUR  921. (c. US$ 1394.) + shipping

“ Sir, yes, (the Rubens) is closer to the one in London (recte Dresden), but the one we have is on copper. Thank you for your time. Highest regards, D… A… (and yes America could use a blessing about now) ”

(Mr. D. A., November 4, 2003)