Cat and Pine Martin
Hunting Birds
Tobias Heinrich
Thomann von Hagelstein
Dramatic mezzotint
engraving engraved circa 1750 by Tobias Heinrich
Thomann von Hagelstein (1700 Augsburg 1764).
Extraordinarlly rich,
high contrast mezzotints. You can almost feel
the textures of fur and feathers.
Thomann von Hagelstein was known for his depictions
of animals on the hunt.
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prints by Thomann von Hagelstein