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Portrait of Matthias Buchinger with Vignettes

Sitter Matthias Buchinger German
1717
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
This is a later version of Baeck’s 1710 etching, which has been adapted with English subtitles and speaks to Buchinger’s life in Britain, beginning in 1717 and lasting until his death in Cork, Ireland, in 1739. Unlike the original version, the lower left vignette no longer shows Buchinger’s astonishing ability to create bottles filled with diminutive scenes cut from wood (so-called whimsy bottles). Rather, it illustrates his conjuring of live birds from under cups.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Matthias Buchinger with Vignettes
  • Artist: Elias Baeck (German, Laybach 1679–1747 Augsburg)
  • Sitter: Matthias Buchinger (German, Ansbach 1674–1739)
  • Date: 1717
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (19.1 × 26 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Collection of Ricky Jay
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints