Artist: Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756) Augsburg was a German engraver and publisher.
Engraver: Johann Friedrich Schmidt. 1748- (fl c) (The British Museum).
Title: A Female Sweets peddler. (Une Confisseuse).
Signed by both the artist and the engraver, Numbered, Titled, and supplied by the explanation legend in the plate beneath the image.
Dimensions: Image 10 1/4" x 7 3/8". Plate 12 5/8 x 8". Sheet 14 x 8 5/8. Mat 18" x 14".
Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht.
Edition: Assemblage nouveau des Manouvriers habilles – Neu-eröffnete Samlung der mit ihren eigenen Arbeiten und Werckzeugen eingekleideten Künstiern, Handwerekern und Professionen. Mart. Engelbrecht excud.A. V. (Augustae Vindelicorum) = Augsburg, n.d. [first edition circa 1730].
Date: 18 century
Materials and Techniques: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
Mat and Frame: Matted.
Condition: margins are cropped because the engraving was bound. The paper is scuffed. Spots of the presumably late coloring.
Art Movements, Periods and Schools: German School XVIII C.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs. Paris, France.