Sale 212 Lot 158

JOHANN LORENZ HAID (German 1702-1750). L'Enseigne mor (The Moorish Sign), circa mid-1700s. Mezzotint print after the work of Italian painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754) and was published by Johann Christian Leopold in in Augsburg, Germany. The print was likely part of a series of 22 imaginary portrait heads published in Augsburg around 1730-50. The print depicts a young boy with a cap and a large sack over his shoulder. The inscription at the base provides the name of the artists, the publisher and the copyright (Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis"). Unframed. Not mounted or laid down. - Image: 15 x 10.5 inches; sheet: 16 x 11.5 inches
Estimate $200-250