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A classic academic study of a central figure surrounded by individual body parts. This is Plate 4 from a numbered series of anatomical studies, most likely produced for a drawing manual. The inscription in the lower right, 'Jeremias Wolff excud: aug: Vind.', indicates the print was published by Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. On laid.
Condition
Light foxing and discolouration to the paper. Small tears at the edges. Overall, the print presents in good condition for its age.
Size
25 x 36cm (9.8" x 14.2")Sheet: 29.5 x 45cm (11.6" x 17.7")
Collection Information
Jeremias Wolff (1667-1724) was a prolific Augsburg publisher and print dealer, known for issuing extensive series of engravings encompassing anatomy, ornament, architecture, and figure studies. Executed with confident cross-hatching and stippling, this series is characteristic of the academic life-study tradition that flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when such prints served as essential training tools for artists.
Originally a watchmaker, Jeremias Wolff (1667-1724) became the most successful Augsburg publisher of his day. Although not a master engraver, most of the plates produced by his publishing house bear only his name. The publishing house was continued by his pupil and son-in-law Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750), and later by his sons under the name Jeremias Wolff Erben.
