Heinrich Jonas Ostertag
after Paul Decker I
Lange Seite des Schlaff Gemaches, mit dem Fürstlichen Bett
1711-1713-1716

Artist: Heinrich Jonas Ostertag (fl. 1711-1720) after Paul Decker I (1677-1713)
Title: Lange Seite des Schlaff Gemaches, mit dem Fürstlichen Bett (Long side of a parade bed chamber with princely bed)
Date: 1711-1713-1716
School: German, German XVIIIth-century
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 302 x 395mm (plate), 435 x 525mm (sheet)
Watermark: shield
Inscriptions/marks: In addition to the title as above, signed in the plate lower left <<P. Decker Archit. Inv. et del.>>, signed in the plate lower right by the engraver, <<Heinr. Ionas Ostertag Sculps.>>, inscribed with the imperial privilege in the plate lower left << Cum Grat. et Privileg. S. C. Maj.>>, inscribed with the publisher’s name lower right, <<Ieremias Wolff excud. Aug. V>>
Condition: brilliant impression on laid paper with shield watermark
Description: Plate 36 from Paul Decker, Fürstlicher Baumeister….., Augsburg, 1711-1713-1716 showing the long side of a parade bed chamber with princely bed.
Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 2022