Der Geschmack by Johann Jakob Haid
Johann Jakob Haid (1704–1767) was a German Engraver who worked in Augsburg and was well known for his beautiful Mezzotint (Schabkunst) engravings.
This charming engraving shows a couple tasting a drink from a fine porcelaine cup.
Verses about taste and eating appear in French and German below the engraving.

Carl Gustav Amling
After Peter Candid (Candido)
“Autumnus” – Autumn
Engraving dated 1698

Dimensions: 31.5 X 20 cm

This allegory of Autumn comes from a series of twenty-two plates by engraved circa 1700 by the celebrated German artist and printmaker Carl Gustav Amling from the famous gobelin tapestries in the palace at Munich designed by Candido.

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