Kaïn en Abel
Joseph Wagner
1746 - 1780
Medium
etching
Dimensions
580; 348
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 580 mm x breedte 348 mm
About the Artist
Joseph Wagner · 1706–1780
Joseph Wagner (1706–1780) was a highly accomplished German engraver and draughtsman who spent the majority of his career in Venice, where he became one of the most important figures in eighteenth-century Venetian printmaking. Born in Thalendorf near Lake Constance in 1706, Wagner initially trained as a painter under the Venetian-born artist Jacopo Amigoni before being persuaded to dedicate himself...