Jacob Wilhelm Mechau Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jacob Wilhelm Mechau Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 18, 2026
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU : Arco di Druso, ora, Porta... - Arco di Druso - Porta di Falerium... - A Civita Castellana - Fontana Blandusia,... a Tivoli - Papigno vicino a Terni.
Est: €280 -
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU Leipzig 1745 - 1808 Dresden Arco di Druso, ora, Porta... - Arco di Druso - Porta di Falerium... - A Civita Castellana - Fontana Blandusia,... a Tivoli - Papigno vicino a Terni. Verschiedene Ansichten aus Rom (2) u.a. 6 Bll. Radierungen aus/zu der Folge „Mahlerisch-radirte Prospecte von Italien“ 1793-95. Nagler 4, Abdruck mit der vorläufigen Schrift, sowie N. 6, 12, 15, 21 und 23, jeweils Abdruck mit der endgültigen Schrift. - Sämtlich mit dem Namenszug, Datum, Titel und Ortsbezeichnung „Romae“ bzw. „Roma“ in der Platte. Auf Bütten. 28,2 x 38 bis 38,1 x 28,1 cm. Sämtlich hauptsächlich an den Rändern schwach bis leicht fleckig und meist mit winzigen bzw. leichten Randläsuren. Teils im Passepartoutausschnitt und meist an den Rändern gering bis leicht gebräunt. Kräftige Abdrucke. [ms]
Winterberg-Kunst
Oct. 25, 2025
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1745-1808, 2 copper engravings
Est: €300 - €600
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1745-1808, 2 copper engravings from 1792: Ponte Molle, approx. 25x35.5cm, and Entrata Nel Bosco di Marine, approx. 35x26cm, both PP, framed under glass, approx. 41x51cm, slightly brown, frame. . German Description: Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1745-1808, 2 Kupferstiche von 1792: Ponte Molle, ca. 25x35.5cm, und Entrata nel Bosco di Marine, ca. 35x26cm, beide PP, u.Gl., R. ca. 41x51cm, leicht gebräunt, Rahmen besch.
Henry's Auktionshaus
Oct. 02, 2025
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808), attr.
Est: -
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808), attr.. Ponte Milvio, entro cornice in plexiglass. Acquarello a seppia su carta. cm30x43 (lievi macchie al supporto)
Eurantico Casa d'Aste
Jun. 28, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ponte Molle near Rome, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Molle near Rome Milvian Bridge over the Tiber, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Molle". lower left dated: "Roma 1792". Date: 1799 Description: The picture shows an idyllic landscape with the Milvian bridge spanning a calm river. A few fishermen linger on the bank. A lush tree dominates the composition on the right-hand side of the picture. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Milvian Bridge; Ponte Molle; Constantine; Christianity; landscape; bridge; river; people; fishing; tree; idyll; nature; viaduct; engraving; architecture; water; bank; leisure; boat; sky; clouds; vegetation; country life; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,9 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 27,7 cm x 37,3 cm (10,9 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,7 cm (9,8 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 28, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Salaro near Rome View of the Campagna, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Salaro". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: A historical engraving shows a rural scene with a line of umbrellas in the foreground and a stone bridge, the Ponte Salaro, over a river in the centre. Figures in period dress enliven the scene, while a mountain is cut into the background. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Campagna Romana; engraving; historical; landscape; tree; stone bridge; river; figures; contemporary clothing; mountain; rural; culture; art; idyll; agriculture; nature; architecture; bridge; scenery; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,0 cm x 37,6 cm (11 x 14,8 in), Depiction: 24,7 cm x 35,7 cm (9,7 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 28, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ruins of the Aqua Marcia, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ruins of the Aqua Marcia Ancient aqueduct to supply Rome, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Avanzi dell'aqua Marzia Claudiae dell'Aniene vecchio fuori di Porta St. Giovanni". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: The precise etching shows the ruins of the ancient Aqua Marcia, visible in a pastoral scenario. Aqueduct elements and fragmented architecture are depicted in detail against a horizon under a cloudy sky. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Etching; ruins; Aqua Marcia; archaeology; architecture; aqueduct; pastoral scene; clouds; sky; horizon; cultural history; antiquity; decay; tree; vegetation; landscape; art; history;, 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,2 cm x 37,3 cm (11,1 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,5 cm (9,8 x 14 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
May. 16, 2025
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - Dresden 1808) – Das Kloster Santa Scolastica bei Subiaco (The Santa Scolastica monastery near Subiaco)
Est: €4,000 - €5,000
Oil on canvas (relined). (c. 1790). 47.5 x 39.5 cm. Framed.
Karl & Faber
Apr. 19, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808) attributed, Pages of nature, around 1780,
Est: €900 - €1,200
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) attributed: The wild and the lovely side of nature, c. 1780, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Date: c. 1780 Description: Mighty rocks tower over each other like columns and culminate in a dishevelled fir tree. a dishevelled fir tree. Halfway up, two tree stumps lean to the left. to the left. Beneath them, shaded boulders draw the eye. the viewer's gaze. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river, where three fishermen are pulling in a net on the front bank. On the far bank, in the middle distance, on a meadow plateau a hiker with a rider. Finally, at the right edge of the picture an Italianate building can be seen, behind which a mountain range is behind which a mountain range is faintly hinted at. The drawing lives above all from the differentiated levels of brightness of sepia brown, which is used to thinly wash the inner areas within the contours. are washed in a thin wash. Only in a few places to indicate grasses, twigs or figures is the brush used, branches or figures, the brushstroke is discernible. With the fir tree, the stones in the shadow of the bank and the anglers, only four darker darker areas interrupt the delicate light brown of the depiction. The relatively smooth finish calms the lively impression created by the waterfall, of the waterfall. Such cascades on a rocky slope as well as ascending or diagonal lines of composition, rough rocks and coniferous conifers have been part of the repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century Dutch art, when they depicted the unbridled wild side of nature. Above all Jacob van Ruisdael and Allaert van Everdingen were used as models for this type. In the present motifs of a rather inhospitable northern region with the with the serene southern landscape, as can be seen in the background on the right. in the background with the area in bright sunlight. Juxtaposing opposing aspects of nature in one work, was a preference of the 18th century. Especially since the middle of the literature, but also in park design, music and the visual arts. the relationship of man to the natural environment and its effect on his feelings. environment and the effect it has on our feelings has been the subject of anew time and again. The staffage, consisting of fishermen hauling in their nets, on the other hand nets, is a motif that appears again and again in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views. in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views; for example also in Adrian Zingg's work. The picture could well be the work of a Saxon landscape painter. landscape painter. From a motivic and stylistic point of view Jakob Wilhelm Mechau, who came from Leipzig, is a possible artist. Leipzig: there are a number of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich- of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich Kabinett, among others. in portrait format. Verso: Landscape study Keywords: Landscape,Rocks, Forest, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: : 41,9 cm x 34,8 cm (16,5 x 13,7 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 05, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ponte Molle near Rome, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Molle near Rome Milvian Bridge over the Tiber, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Molle". lower left dated: "Roma 1792". Date: 1799 Description: The picture shows an idyllic landscape with the Milvian bridge spanning a calm river. A few fishermen linger on the bank. A lush tree dominates the composition on the right-hand side of the picture. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Milvian Bridge; Ponte Molle; Constantine; Christianity; landscape; bridge; river; people; fishing; tree; idyll; nature; viaduct; engraving; architecture; water; bank; leisure; boat; sky; clouds; vegetation; country life; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,9 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 27,7 cm x 37,3 cm (10,9 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,7 cm (9,8 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 05, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Salaro near Rome View of the Campagna, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Salaro". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: A historical engraving shows a rural scene with a line of umbrellas in the foreground and a stone bridge, the Ponte Salaro, over a river in the centre. Figures in period dress enliven the scene, while a mountain is cut into the background. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Campagna Romana; engraving; historical; landscape; tree; stone bridge; river; figures; contemporary clothing; mountain; rural; culture; art; idyll; agriculture; nature; architecture; bridge; scenery; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,0 cm x 37,6 cm (11 x 14,8 in), Depiction: 24,7 cm x 35,7 cm (9,7 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 05, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ruins of the Aqua Marcia, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ruins of the Aqua Marcia Ancient aqueduct to supply Rome, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Avanzi dell'aqua Marzia Claudiae dell'Aniene vecchio fuori di Porta St. Giovanni". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: The precise etching shows the ruins of the ancient Aqua Marcia, visible in a pastoral scenario. Aqueduct elements and fragmented architecture are depicted in detail against a horizon under a cloudy sky. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Etching; ruins; Aqua Marcia; archaeology; architecture; aqueduct; pastoral scene; clouds; sky; horizon; cultural history; antiquity; decay; tree; vegetation; landscape; art; history;, 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,2 cm x 37,3 cm (11,1 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,5 cm (9,8 x 14 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jan. 25, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ponte Molle near Rome, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Molle near Rome Milvian Bridge over the Tiber, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Molle". lower left dated: "Roma 1792". Date: 1799 Description: The picture shows an idyllic landscape with the Milvian bridge spanning a calm river. A few fishermen linger on the bank. A lush tree dominates the composition on the right-hand side of the picture. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Milvian Bridge; Ponte Molle; Constantine; Christianity; landscape; bridge; river; people; fishing; tree; idyll; nature; viaduct; engraving; architecture; water; bank; leisure; boat; sky; clouds; vegetation; country life; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 41,9 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 27,7 cm x 37,3 cm (10,9 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,7 cm (9,8 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jan. 25, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Salaro near Rome View of the Campagna, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Salaro". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: A historical engraving shows a rural scene with a line of umbrellas in the foreground and a stone bridge, the Ponte Salaro, over a river in the centre. Figures in period dress enliven the scene, while a mountain is cut into the background. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Campagna Romana; engraving; historical; landscape; tree; stone bridge; river; figures; contemporary clothing; mountain; rural; culture; art; idyll; agriculture; nature; architecture; bridge; scenery; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,0 cm x 37,6 cm (11 x 14,8 in), Depiction: 24,7 cm x 35,7 cm (9,7 x 14,1 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jan. 25, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ruins of the Aqua Marcia, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ruins of the Aqua Marcia Ancient aqueduct to supply Rome, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Avanzi dell'aqua Marzia Claudiae dell'Aniene vecchio fuori di Porta St. Giovanni". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: The precise etching shows the ruins of the ancient Aqua Marcia, visible in a pastoral scenario. Aqueduct elements and fragmented architecture are depicted in detail against a horizon under a cloudy sky. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Etching; ruins; Aqua Marcia; archaeology; architecture; aqueduct; pastoral scene; clouds; sky; horizon; cultural history; antiquity; decay; tree; vegetation; landscape; art; history;, 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 31,1 cm x 42,0 cm (12,2 x 16,5 in), Plate: 28,2 cm x 37,3 cm (11,1 x 14,7 in), Depiction: 25,0 cm x 35,5 cm (9,8 x 14 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jan. 25, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Atmospheric depiction with peasants and their pack animals at a road in front of ruins surrounded by trees in a landscape under a dramatically overcast sky from the series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier" (series of six Italian regions with ruins and buildings, in Swanefeld's (sic) manner), signed and inscribed in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 18,0 cm x 24,7 cm (7,1 x 9,7 in), Plate: 10,5 cm x 14,2 cm (4,1 x 5,6 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jan. 25, 2025
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman Ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Depiction of a house with tower on porous rock with peasants and burros from the 1792 series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier", signed, inscribed and dated at upper left in the plate, further numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 17,9 cm x 23,7 cm (7 x 9,3 in), Plate: 10,3 cm x 13,7 cm (4,1 x 5,4 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Nov. 16, 2024
J. MECHAU (*1745) after CARPIONI (*1613), The end of a bacchanalian feast, 1770, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) after Giulio Carpioni sen. (1613 Venice - 1678 Vicenza): Conclusion of a bacchanalian feast with Pan playing the flute and bacchantes in camp, 1770, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Jul. Carpioni pinx. / Jac. Mechau fec aqu: for". Inscribed by another person: "Jac. Mechau Das Bachanal Ausdr. 3 sehr selten". At the lower part dated: "1770". Date: 1770 Keywords: Bacchanal, Nudes, Mythology, Pan, Bacchus, Antiquity, Park, Nature, 18th century, Old Master, Genre, Germany, Size: Paper: 23,9 cm x 32,0 cm (9,4 x 12,6 in), Depiction: 21,5 cm x 30,1 cm (8,5 x 11,9 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Oct. 26, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Sophia's journey to Saxony, Pen drawing
Est: €1,950 - €2,600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): 3 Illustrations for: Sophia's Journey from Memel to Saxony, 18th century, Pen drawing Technique: Washed Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: inscribed on verso Date: 18th century Description: After training in Berlin with Bernhard Rode and with Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig and Dresden, Jakob Wilhelm Mechau returned to his hometown of Leipzig for three years in 1773. Our small series of illustrations for Johann Timotheus Hermes' "Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen" (Sophia's Journey from Memel to Saxony) dates from precisely this period. In addition to his famous landscape paintings between Claude Lorrain and Jakob Philipp Hackert, Mechau created several illustrations, several of which are in the Albertina in Vienna. Apart from the virtuously composed scenery, which makes one forget the small, difficult format, the works are particularly captivating because of the way the figures are embedded in an independent and defined space. In Mechau's work, the often stage-set and summary nature of such text copy gives way to a narrative stringency that incorporates the pictorial space and anchors the figures in it. In classic English style, the epistolary novel tells the story of the young orphan Sophie, who wants to deliver some letters to her patroness, the widow E. from Memel, as a thank-you for taking her in. All this in the company of her long-lost brother, who, as a Russian officer, promises protection on the roads that have been unsafe since the Seven Years' War. As one would expect, the novel develops in an extremely convoluted manner. A recurring theme of the novel is the contrast between the nobility and the bourgeoisie and the problem of reflection. Sophie's intense confrontation with her own feelings often causes her to misjudge the right path and culminates in a serious indecision. Ultimately, this is also the reason why Sophie only makes it from Memel to Gdansk in five volumes, a distance of about three hundred kilometres. Sophie's "reflective brittleness", which manifests itself in her uncertainty about the right choice of the two men she meets in the novel, is understood by Hermes as the "unnatural". It is precisely the return to "naturalness" that he feels is the ideal for the 70s of the 18th century. It is Sophie's excessive reflectiveness that denies her natural impulses and sensations. This hesitancy, which is already inherent in Hermes' character of Sophie, ultimately leads to the subjectivism of a Werther with all its consequences. Keywords: Illustration, text, illustration, genre scenes, education, epistolary novel, travel, 18th century, Classicism, Fashion, Germany, Size: Paper: 11,5 cm x 5,5 cm (4,5 x 2,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Oct. 26, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808) attributed, Pages of nature, around 1780, Watercolor
Est: €1,050 - €1,400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) attributed: The wild and the lovely side of nature, c. 1780, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Laid paper Date: c. 1780 Description: Mighty rocks tower over each other like columns and culminate in a dishevelled fir tree. a dishevelled fir tree. Halfway up, two tree stumps lean to the left. to the left. Beneath them, shaded boulders draw the eye. the viewer's gaze. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river, where three fishermen are pulling in a net on the front bank. On the far bank, in the middle distance, on a meadow plateau a hiker with a rider. Finally, at the right edge of the picture an Italianate building can be seen, behind which a mountain range is behind which a mountain range is faintly hinted at. The drawing lives above all from the differentiated levels of brightness of sepia brown, which is used to thinly wash the inner areas within the contours. are washed in a thin wash. Only in a few places to indicate grasses, twigs or figures is the brush used, branches or figures, the brushstroke is discernible. With the fir tree, the stones in the shadow of the bank and the anglers, only four darker darker areas interrupt the delicate light brown of the depiction. The relatively smooth finish calms the lively impression created by the waterfall, of the waterfall. Such cascades on a rocky slope as well as ascending or diagonal lines of composition, rough rocks and coniferous conifers have been part of the repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century Dutch art, when they depicted the unbridled wild side of nature. Above all Jacob van Ruisdael and Allaert van Everdingen were used as models for this type. In the present motifs of a rather inhospitable northern region with the with the serene southern landscape, as can be seen in the background on the right. in the background with the area in bright sunlight. Juxtaposing opposing aspects of nature in one work, was a preference of the 18th century. Especially since the middle of the literature, but also in park design, music and the visual arts. the relationship of man to the natural environment and its effect on his feelings. environment and the effect it has on our feelings has been the subject of anew time and again. The staffage, consisting of fishermen hauling in their nets, on the other hand nets, is a motif that appears again and again in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views. in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views; for example also in Adrian Zingg's work. The picture could well be the work of a Saxon landscape painter. landscape painter. From a motivic and stylistic point of view Jakob Wilhelm Mechau, who came from Leipzig, is a possible artist. Leipzig: there are a number of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich- of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich Kabinett, among others. in portrait format. Verso: Landscape study Keywords: Landscape,Rocks, Forest, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Laid paper: 41,9 cm x 34,8 cm (16,5 x 13,7 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jul. 27, 2024
J. MECHAU (*1745) after CARPIONI (*1613), The end of a bacchanalian feast, 1770, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) after Giulio Carpioni sen. (1613 Venice - 1678 Vicenza): Conclusion of a bacchanalian feast with Pan playing the flute and bacchantes in camp, 1770, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Jul. Carpioni pinx. / Jac. Mechau fec aqu: for". Inscribed by another person: "Jac. Mechau Das Bachanal Ausdr. 3 sehr selten". At the lower part dated: "1770". Date: 1770 Keywords: Bacchanal, Nudes, Mythology, Pan, Bacchus, Antiquity, Park, Nature, 18th century, Old Master, Genre, Germany, Size: Paper: 23,9 cm x 32,0 cm (9,4 x 12,6 in), Depiction: 21,5 cm x 30,1 cm (8,5 x 11,9 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jul. 05, 2024
Mechau, Jacob Wilhelm
Est: €100 - €150
(1745 Leipzig - Dresden 1808). Castello Gandolfo. Aus der Folge von 6 Bl. "Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien". Radierung 1792. 34,5 x 26,3, Blgr. 40 x 31,5 cm. Mit dem Namensz. u. Titel i.d. Platte. Unter Passep. mont. - W. Rd. leicht stockfl., unt. re. Eck knittrig.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
May. 16, 2024
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, Southern Landscape with Sleeping Faun and Two Bathers
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Signed and dated lower left: J. Mechau p 1778 Framed under glass
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Apr. 27, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ponte Molle near Rome, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Molle near Rome Milvian Bridge over the Tiber, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Molle". lower left dated: "Roma 1792". Date: 1799 Description: The picture shows an idyllic landscape with the Milvian bridge spanning a calm river. A few fishermen linger on the bank. A lush tree dominates the composition on the right-hand side of the picture. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Milvian Bridge; Ponte Molle; Constantine; Christianity; landscape; bridge; river; people; fishing; tree; idyll; nature; viaduct; engraving; architecture; water; bank; leisure; boat; sky; clouds; vegetation; country life; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium),
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 27, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Salaro Bridge bei Rom, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ponte Salaro near Rome View of the Campagna, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Ponte Salaro". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: A historical engraving shows a rural scene with a line of umbrellas in the foreground and a stone bridge, the Ponte Salaro, over a river in the centre. Figures in period dress enliven the scene, while a mountain is cut into the background. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Campagna Romana; engraving; historical; landscape; tree; stone bridge; river; figures; contemporary clothing; mountain; rural; culture; art; idyll; agriculture; nature; architecture; bridge; scenery; engraving, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Italy, Rome (Latium),
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 27, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Ruins of the Aqua Marcia, 1799, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Ruins of the Aqua Marcia Ancient aqueduct to supply Rome, 1799, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: lower left signed in the printing plate: "J. Mechau fece". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Avanzi dell'aqua Marzia Claudiae dell'Aniene vecchio fuori di Porta St. Giovanni". lower left dated: "Roma 1793". Date: 1799 Description: The precise etching shows the ruins of the ancient Aqua Marcia, visible in a pastoral scenario. Aqueduct elements and fragmented architecture are depicted in detail against a horizon under a cloudy sky. Probably a later print for the French-language edition of the "Malerisch radirte Prospekte von Italien". Source: Collection de vues pittoresques de l'Italie : dessinées d'après nature, et gravées a l'eau forte a Rome, par trois peintres allemands / A.-C. Dies, Charles Reinhart, Jaques Méchau, 1799 | print suite, Landscape, Architecture Keywords: Etching; ruins; Aqua Marcia; archaeology; architecture; aqueduct; pastoral scene; clouds; sky; horizon; cultural history; antiquity; decay; tree; vegetation; landscape; art; history;, 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Italy, Rome (Latium),
Fichter Kunsthandel
Mar. 23, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808) attributed, Pages of nature, around 1780, Watercolor
Est: €1,050 - €1,400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) attributed: The wild and the lovely side of nature, c. 1780, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Laid paper Date: c. 1780 Description: Mighty rocks tower over each other like columns and culminate in a dishevelled fir tree. a dishevelled fir tree. Halfway up, two tree stumps lean to the left. to the left. Beneath them, shaded boulders draw the eye. the viewer's gaze. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river, where three fishermen are pulling in a net on the front bank. On the far bank, in the middle distance, on a meadow plateau a hiker with a rider. Finally, at the right edge of the picture an Italianate building can be seen, behind which a mountain range is behind which a mountain range is faintly hinted at. The drawing lives above all from the differentiated levels of brightness of sepia brown, which is used to thinly wash the inner areas within the contours. are washed in a thin wash. Only in a few places to indicate grasses, twigs or figures is the brush used, branches or figures, the brushstroke is discernible. With the fir tree, the stones in the shadow of the bank and the anglers, only four darker darker areas interrupt the delicate light brown of the depiction. The relatively smooth finish calms the lively impression created by the waterfall, of the waterfall. Such cascades on a rocky slope as well as ascending or diagonal lines of composition, rough rocks and coniferous conifers have been part of the repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century Dutch art, when they depicted the unbridled wild side of nature. Above all Jacob van Ruisdael and Allaert van Everdingen were used as models for this type. In the present motifs of a rather inhospitable northern region with the with the serene southern landscape, as can be seen in the background on the right. in the background with the area in bright sunlight. Juxtaposing opposing aspects of nature in one work, was a preference of the 18th century. Especially since the middle of the literature, but also in park design, music and the visual arts. the relationship of man to the natural environment and its effect on his feelings. environment and the effect it has on our feelings has been the subject of anew time and again. The staffage, consisting of fishermen hauling in their nets, on the other hand nets, is a motif that appears again and again in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views. in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views; for example also in Adrian Zingg's work. The picture could well be the work of a Saxon landscape painter. landscape painter. From a motivic and stylistic point of view Jakob Wilhelm Mechau, who came from Leipzig, is a possible artist. Leipzig: there are a number of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich- of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich Kabinett, among others. in portrait format. Verso: Landscape study Keywords: Landscape,Rocks, Forest, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Feb. 10, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Atmospheric depiction with peasants and their pack animals at a road in front of ruins surrounded by trees in a landscape under a dramatically overcast sky from the series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier" (series of six Italian regions with ruins and buildings, in Swanefeld's (sic) manner), signed and inscribed in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Feb. 10, 2024
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman Ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Depiction of a house with tower on porous rock with peasants and burros from the 1792 series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier", signed, inscribed and dated at upper left in the plate, further numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Dec. 30, 2023
J. MECHAU (*1745) after CARPIONI (*1613), The end of a bacchanalian feast, 1770, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) after Giulio Carpioni sen. (1613 Venice - 1678 Vicenza): Conclusion of a bacchanalian feast with Pan playing the flute and bacchantes in camp, 1770, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Jul. Carpioni pinx. / Jac. Mechau fec aqu: for". Inscribed by another person: "Jac. Mechau Das Bachanal Ausdr. 3 sehr selten". At the lower part dated: "1770". Date: 1770 Keywords: Bacchanal, Nudes, Mythology, Pan, Bacchus, Antiquity, Park, Nature, 18th century, Old Master, Genre, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Nov. 29, 2023
Mechau, Jakob Wilhelm: Die Auferweckung des Lazarus
Est: €300 - €400
Die Auferweckung des Lazarus. Radierung nach Adam Friedrich Oeser. 30,9 x 35,4 cm. 1767. Nagler 55. Wz. Tier (?). -- -- Der Landschaftsmaler, Zeichner und Radierer Jacob Wilhelm Mechau erhielt seine Ausbildung bei Johann Bernhard Rode in Berlin und bei Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig. Hier schuf er 22-jährig die vorliegende Auferweckung des Lazarus nach einer Zeichnung seines Lehrers Oeser. Ganz ausgezeichneter, teils gratiger Druck mit Rändchen um die Facette. Oben seitlich zwei Quetschfältchen vom Druck, geglättete vertikale Mittelfalte, oben rechts Knitterfältchen, verso Montierungsreste, insgesamt geringfügig gebräunt und angestaubt, sonst in sehr schöner Erhaltung. Seltenes frühes Blatt. -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 26, 2023
Italy.- Mechau (Jacob Wilhelm) Collection of 20 views of Italy, from 'Malerisch radirte Prospekte aus Italien', etchings, 1798; and others (Sm. qty.)
Est: £300 - £400
Italy.- Mechau (Jacob Wilhelm) Collection of 20 views of Italy, from 'Malerisch radirte Prospekte aus Italien', etchings, the lettered states, on laid papers, each platemark approx. 375 x 280 mm (14 3/4 x 11 in), all with full margins and deckle edges, minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [circa 1798]; together with a mixed group of oversized engravings after Italian and Dutch old masters, including 11 fine studies of animals by Roos, various sizes, all unframed (Sm. qty.)
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 14, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Atmospheric depiction with peasants and their pack animals at a road in front of ruins surrounded by trees in a landscape under a dramatically overcast sky from the series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier" (series of six Italian regions with ruins and buildings, in Swanefeld's (sic) manner), signed and inscribed in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Oct. 14, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman Ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Depiction of a house with tower on porous rock with peasants and burros from the 1792 series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier", signed, inscribed and dated at upper left in the plate, further numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Sep. 30, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808) attributed, Pages of nature, around 1780, Watercolor
Est: €1,050 - €1,400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) attributed: The wild and the lovely side of nature, c. 1780, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Date: c. 1780 Description: Mighty rocks tower over each other like columns and culminate in a dishevelled fir tree. a dishevelled fir tree. Halfway up, two tree stumps lean to the left. to the left. Beneath them, shaded boulders draw the eye. the viewer's gaze. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river, where three fishermen are pulling in a net on the front bank. On the far bank, in the middle distance, on a meadow plateau a hiker with a rider. Finally, at the right edge of the picture an Italianate building can be seen, behind which a mountain range is behind which a mountain range is faintly hinted at. The drawing lives above all from the differentiated levels of brightness of sepia brown, which is used to thinly wash the inner areas within the contours. are washed in a thin wash. Only in a few places to indicate grasses, twigs or figures is the brush used, branches or figures, the brushstroke is discernible. With the fir tree, the stones in the shadow of the bank and the anglers, only four darker darker areas interrupt the delicate light brown of the depiction. The relatively smooth finish calms the lively impression created by the waterfall, of the waterfall. Such cascades on a rocky slope as well as ascending or diagonal lines of composition, rough rocks and coniferous conifers have been part of the repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century Dutch art, when they depicted the unbridled wild side of nature. Above all Jacob van Ruisdael and Allaert van Everdingen were used as models for this type. In the present motifs of a rather inhospitable northern region with the with the serene southern landscape, as can be seen in the background on the right. in the background with the area in bright sunlight. Juxtaposing opposing aspects of nature in one work, was a preference of the 18th century. Especially since the middle of the literature, but also in park design, music and the visual arts. the relationship of man to the natural environment and its effect on his feelings. environment and the effect it has on our feelings has been the subject of anew time and again. The staffage, consisting of fishermen hauling in their nets, on the other hand nets, is a motif that appears again and again in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views. in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views; for example also in Adrian Zingg's work. The picture could well be the work of a Saxon landscape painter. landscape painter. From a motivic and stylistic point of view Jakob Wilhelm Mechau, who came from Leipzig, is a possible artist. Leipzig: there are a number of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich- of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich Kabinett, among others. in portrait format. Verso: Landscape study Keywords: Landscape,Rocks, Forest, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Aug. 26, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Sophia's Journey to Saxony, Pen drawing
Est: €1,950 - €2,600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): 3 Illustrations for: Sophia's Journey from Memel to Saxony, , Pen drawing Technique: Washed Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: inscribed on verso Date: Description: After training in Berlin with Bernhard Rode and with Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig and Dresden, Jakob Wilhelm Mechau returned to his hometown of Leipzig for three years in 1773. Our small series of illustrations for Johann Timotheus Hermes' "Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen" (Sophia's Journey from Memel to Saxony) dates from precisely this period. In addition to his famous landscape paintings between Claude Lorrain and Jakob Philipp Hackert, Mechau created several illustrations, several of which are in the Albertina in Vienna. Apart from the virtuously composed scenery, which makes one forget the small, difficult format, the works are particularly captivating because of the way the figures are embedded in an independent and defined space. In Mechau's work, the often stage-set and summary nature of such text copy gives way to a narrative stringency that incorporates the pictorial space and anchors the figures in it. In classic English style, the epistolary novel tells the story of the young orphan Sophie, who wants to deliver some letters to her patroness, the widow E. from Memel, as a thank-you for taking her in. All this in the company of her long-lost brother, who, as a Russian officer, promises protection on the roads that have been unsafe since the Seven Years' War. As one would expect, the novel develops in an extremely convoluted manner. A recurring theme of the novel is the contrast between the nobility and the bourgeoisie and the problem of reflection. Sophie's intense confrontation with her own feelings often causes her to misjudge the right path and culminates in a serious indecision. Ultimately, this is also the reason why Sophie only makes it from Memel to Gdansk in five volumes, a distance of about three hundred kilometres. Sophie's "reflective brittleness", which manifests itself in her uncertainty about the right choice of the two men she meets in the novel, is understood by Hermes as the "unnatural". It is precisely the return to "naturalness" that he feels is the ideal for the 70s of the 18th century. It is Sophie's excessive reflectiveness that denies her natural impulses and sensations. This hesitancy, which is already inherent in Hermes' character of Sophie, ultimately leads to the subjectivism of a Werther with all its consequences. Keywords: Illustration, text, illustration, genre scenes, education, epistolary novel, travel, 18th century, Classicism, Fashion, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 23, 2023
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU (1745-1808) CASTELLO GANDOLFO (1795), RADIERUNG
Est: -
Jacob Wilhelm MECHAU (1745-1808) Castello Gandolfo (1795), Radierung, 37x28 cm, ger/Glas, RG 52x43 cm
Auktionshalle Cuxhaven
May. 06, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Atmospheric depiction with peasants and their pack animals at a road in front of ruins surrounded by trees in a landscape under a dramatically overcast sky from the series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier" (series of six Italian regions with ruins and buildings, in Swanefeld's (sic) manner), signed and inscribed in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
May. 06, 2023
J. MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman Ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Depiction of a house with tower on porous rock with peasants and burros from the 1792 series of six sheets entitled "Folge von sechs italienischen Gegenden mit Ruinen und Gebäuden, in Swanefeld's (sic) Manier", signed, inscribed and dated at upper left in the plate, further numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Apr. 22, 2023
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU : Castello Gandolfo.
Est: €140 - €170
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU Leipzig 1745 - 1808 Dresden Castello Gandolfo. Radierung aus der Folge „Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien“ 1795. Nagler 10, Abdruck mit der gestochenen Schrift. - Mit dem Namenszug, Datum, Titel und Ortsbezeichnung „Romae“ in der Platte. Auf Vélin. 36,6 x 27,8 cm. Vereinzelt schwach fleckig. Seitenränder teils hinterklebt. [bg]
Winterberg-Kunst
Mar. 11, 2023
J. MECHAU (*1745) after CARPIONI (*1613), The end of a bacchanalian feast, 1770, Etching
Est: €450 - €600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden) after Giulio Carpioni sen. (1613 Venice - 1678 Vicenza): Conclusion of a bacchanalian feast with Pan playing the flute and Bacchants in camp, 1770, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Jul. Carpioni pinx. / Jac. Mechau fec aqu: for". Inscribed by another person: "Jac. Mechau Das Bachanal Ausdr. 3 sehr selten". At the lower part dated: "1770". Date: 1770 Keywords: Bacchanal, Nudes, Mythology, Pan, Bacchus, Antiquity, Park, Nature, 18th century, Old Master, Genre, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Oct. 11, 2022
Dies, Albert Christoph und Mechau, Jakob Wilhelm: 6 Original-Kupferstiche aus der Serie "Mahlerisch radirte Prospecte von Italien"
Est: €2,600 - €3,500
Dies, Albert Christoph und Jakob Weilhelm Mechau. 6 Original-Kupferstiche aus der Serie "Mahlerisch radirte Prospecte von Italien". Ca. 37,5 x 28 (3) und 28 x 37,5 (2) (Plattengröße). Mit Passepartout 50 x 40 cm (3) und 40 x 50 cm (2). Rom 1792-1798. -- Nagler 9, 15 und 19. Wz. Bekröntes Lilienwappen. – Äußerst dekorative und imposante Ansichten und Szenen Roms. Alle sechs Graphiken sind unterhalb der Darstellung in der Druckplatte signiert, datiert und bezeichnet: -- I) "A. C. Dies f. Romæ 1793 - Tempy della Sivilla, e di Vesta á Tivoli" II) "J. Mechau f Romæ 1798 - Ponte antico a Civita Castellana, volgarmente detto ponte Terano" III) "J. Mechau f Romæ 1792 - Castella Gandolfo" IV) "A. C. Dies incise Romæ - Cascatella Superiore a Tivoli" V) "A. C. Dies incye Roma 1794 - In Villa Mecenate" VI) "A. C. Dies f Roma 1795 - Sepolcro di Plauzio vicin'a Tivoli." -- -- Die Graphiken stammen aus der berühmten druckgraphischen Serie italienischer Ansichten, die zu den bedeutsamsten Werken des späten 18. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland zählen. Die Radierfolge Mahlerisch radirte Prospecte von Italien wurde in den Jahren zwischen 1792 und 1798 von den Künstlern Albert Christoph Dies (1755-1822), Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) und Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847) bei Frauenholz in Nürnberg geschaffen. Die Radierungen bilden ein Bindemitglied zwischen Klassizismus und Romantik und gehen über die bloße Vedutenmalerei hinaus. Die ewige Stadt und die Umgebung mit ihren teilweise antiken Ruinen werden dargestellt. -- -- Albert Christoph Dies studierte an der Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, bevor er mit einem Zwischenstopp in Mannheim für drei Monate nach Basel zu Christian van Mechel ging, um bei ihm zu lernen. Anschließend reiste er im August 1775 nach Rom, wo er bis 1796 blieb. In Italien betrieb er vor allem das Naturstudium und nahm sich die Landschaftskulisse der Albaner Berge und Tivoli zur Vorlage. In Rom lebt Dies mit dem Archäologen Friedrich Hirth zusammen. Durch ihn lernte er auch Goethe kennen, für den er eine seiner Zeichnungen kolorierte. – Vornehmlich in den äußeren weißen Rändern geringfügig stockfleckig, leichte Alterungsspuren, insgesamt ausgezeichnete und gleichmäßige Drucke.
Bassenge Auctions
Aug. 07, 2022
J.MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Atmospheric depiction with farmers and their pack animals at a road in front of ruins surrounded by trees in a landscape under a dramatically overcast sky from the series of six sheets entitled "Italienische Landschaften" (Italian Landscapes) made in 1792, signed and inscribed in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Aug. 07, 2022
J.MECHAU (1745-1808), Roman ruins, 1792, Etching
Est: €300 - €400
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden): Roman ruins, from the series "Italian Landscapes, 1792, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 1792 Description: Depiction of a house with tower on a porous rock with farmers and burros from the series of six sheets entitled "Italienische Landschaften" (Italian Landscapes) made in 1792, signed, inscribed and dated in the plate at upper left, furthermore numbered at upper right. Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany,
Fichter Kunsthandel
Jun. 18, 2022
Johann Christian Reinhart, Albert Christoph Dies und Jacob Mechau "Collection de Vues pittoresques de l''Italie". 1886.
Est: €3,800 - €4,400
Johann Christian Reinhart 1761 Hof / Bayern – 1847 Rom Albert Christoph Dies 1755 Hannover – 1822 Wien Jacob Wilhelm Mechau 1745 Leipzig – 1808 Dresden Radierungen auf kräftigem Kupferdruckpapier. Vollständiges Exemplar mit 72 Ansichten, Titelblatt, ausführlicher Beschreibung und Inhaltsverzeichnis. Die Ansichten jeweils in der Platte signiert, datiert u.li. und betitelt u.Mi. In der originalen Flügel- Leinenmappe mit geprägtem Dekor und Messingverschluss der Entstehungszeit, Mappendeckel und Flügel innenseitig mit Moiré-Papier kaschiert. Vgl. zur Erstausgabe Andresen 52–75. Neuausgabe des Würzburger Verlegers A. Memminger aus dem Jahr 1886 von den originalen Platten des bis 1798 bei Frauenholz in Nürnberg erschienenen Sammelwerks der "Mahlerisch radirte[n] Prospecte von Italien". Diese waren "nach Auflösung der Frauenholz''schen Handlung" über verschiedene Zwischenstationen schließlich in das "Eigenthum der A. Memminger''schen Buchdruckerei in Würzburg" gelangt. Vgl. zur Erstausgabe: F. Carlo Schmid, Naturansichten und Ideallandschaften, die Landschaftsgraphik von Johann Christian Reinhart und seinem Umkreis, Berlin 1998, Kap. 2, I, 3. Die "Mahlerisch radirte[n] Prospecte" stellen am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts eines der ehrgeizigsten Projekte auf dem Gebiet der Landschaftgrafik dar. Anders als früher – als häufig die immer gleichen Ansichten Italiens angebildet wurden – sollten nun bisher unbekannte Gegenden des Landes jenseits der Alpen bekannt gemacht werden – in einer ebenfalls neuen malerisch grafischen Auffassung. Nicht nur hatte der Nürnberger Verleger Johann Friedrich Frauenholz mit drei herausragenden Künstlerpersönlichkeiten zu arbeiten. Gerade Johann Christian Reinhart versuchte, seine eigenen Vorstellungen denen des Verlegers entgegen zu setzen. Während Frauenholz auch auf die Wirtschaftlichkeit des Vorhabens schauen musste, wollte Reinhart nicht hinter seinen künstlerischen Ansprüchen zurücktreten. Johann Christian Reinhart 1761 Hof / Bayern – 1847 Rom Deutscher Maler, Zeichner und Radierer. Ab 1778 Studium der Theologie in Leipzig sowie Studium der Zeichenkunst an der dortigen Zeichnungs-, Mahlerey- und Architecturakademie bei A.F. Oeser. Ab 1783 in Dresden ansässig und nahm Privatunterricht bei Johann Christian Klengel. Teilnahme an der Dresdner Akademieausstellung. 1785 wieder in Leipzig ansässig, Freundschaft mit Schiller. Siedelte 1789 nach Rom, völlige Stiländerung durch Beeinflussung von Künstlern wie Koch und Carstens. Er galt zu seiner Zeit als eine zentrale Figur in der deutschen Künstlerkolonie Roms und als führender Landschaftsmaler.1810 Mitglied der Preußischen Akademie der Künste sowie 1813 Aufnahme in die Accademia di San Luca. 1830 Ernennung zum Mitglied der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in München und 1839 zum kgl. baierischen Hofmaler. Albert Christoph Dies 1755 Hannover – 1822 Wien Maler, Radierer und Biograph. Autodidakt. 1775 Übersiedelung nach Rom, 1797 nach Wien. Jacob Wilhelm Mechau 1745 Leipzig – 1808 Dresden 1770–73 Schüler von Casanova in Dresden, vorher von Oeser in Leipzig. 1775 Mitglied der Leipziger Akademie (ohne Lehrauftrag). 1776–80 Italienaufenthalt. Beeinflusst von Hackert und Lorrain entwickelte er sich neben Klengel zum bedeutendsten Landschaftsmaler seiner Zeit.
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG
May. 07, 2022
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU Leipzig 1745 - 1808 Dresden: Romitorio a Albano.
Est: €220 - €280
JACOB WILHELM MECHAU Leipzig 1745 - 1808 Dresden Romitorio a Albano. Radierung aus der Folge „Malerisch radirte Prospecte aus Italien“ 1795. Nagler 11, Abdruck mit der endgültigen Schrift. - Mit dem Namenszug, Datum, Titel und Ortsbezeichnung „Romae“ in der Platte. Auf Bütten. 28,5 x 38,2 cm. Etwas gebräunt und fleckig. Mit Randläsuren. Beiliegt: A. C. Dies, Cascatella di Tivoli. Radierung aus der Folge „Malerisch radirte Prospecte...“ 1792. (Andresen 7, Abdruck noch mit der gestochenen Schrift). Mit dem Namenszug, Datum, Titel und Ortsbezeichnung „Romae“ in der Platte. Auf Vélin. 35,5 x 28 cm. Gebräunt und fleckig. Ränder vereinzelt wasserrandig, mit Fehlstellen und kleinen Beschädigungen. [bg]
Winterberg-Kunst
Nov. 21, 2021
J.MECHAU (1745-1808), The wild and the lovely side of nature, around 1780, Watercolor
Est: €1,200 - €1,600
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745 Leipzig - 1808 Dresden), The wild and the lovely side of nature, c. 1780, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Handmade Paper Date: c. 1780 Description: Mighty rocks tower over each other like columns and culminate in a dishevelled fir tree. a dishevelled fir tree. Halfway up, two tree stumps lean to the left. to the left. Beneath them, shaded boulders draw the eye. the viewer's gaze. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river. In the centre of the picture, a powerful waterfall pours out from behind the rocky ridge into a river, where three fishermen are pulling in a net on the front bank. On the far bank, in the middle distance, on a meadow plateau a hiker with a rider. Finally, at the right edge of the picture an Italianate building can be seen, behind which a mountain range is behind which a mountain range is faintly hinted at. The drawing lives above all from the differentiated levels of brightness of sepia brown, which is used to thinly wash the inner areas within the contours. are washed in a thin wash. Only in a few places is the brush used to indicate grasses, twigs or figures, branches or figures, the brushstroke is discernible. With the fir tree, the stones in the shadow of the bank and the anglers, only four darker darker areas interrupt the delicate light brown of the depiction. The relatively smooth finish calms the lively impression created by the waterfall, of the waterfall. Such cascades on a rocky slope as well as ascending or diagonal lines of composition, rough rocks and coniferous conifers have been part of the landscape painter's repertoire since 17th century Dutch art. repertoire of landscape painters since 17th century Dutch art, when they depicted the unbridled wild side of nature. Above all Jacob van Ruisdael and Allaert van Everdingen were used as models for this type. In the present motifs of a rather inhospitable northern region with the with the cheerful southern landscape, as can be seen in the background on the right. in the background with the area in bright sunlight. Juxtaposing opposing aspects of nature in one work, was a preference of the 18th century. Especially since the middle of the literature, but also in park design, music and the visual arts. the relationship of man to the natural environment and its effect on his feelings. natural environment and its effect on his feelings has been the subject of anew time and again. The staffage, consisting of fishermen hauling in their nets, on the other hand nets, is a motif that appears again and again in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views. in the foreground, especially in Saxon landscape views; for example also in Adrian Zingg's work. The picture could well be the work of a Saxon landscape painter. landscape painter. From a motivic and stylistic point of view Jakob Wilhelm Mechau, who came from Leipzig, is a possible artist. Leipzig: there are a number of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich- of drawings by him in the Dresden Kupferstich Kabinett, among others. in portrait format. Verso: Landscape study Keywords: Landscape,Rocks, Forest, 18th century, Romanticism, Landscapes, Germany, Size: 41,9 cm x 34,8 cm Condition: Good Condition. Left margin old mounted, in the upper and lower left area a few retouched spots.
Fichter Kunsthandel
Nov. 06, 2021
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-180
Est: -
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) after Giulio Carpioni (1611/13-1678), Mechau, who was educated in Dresden, created in Italy not only landscapes and vedute, but also masterly etchings after old masters. Bacchanalian feast with flute playing faun, etching with wide margin around the facet, marginal defects, sheet dimensions 28 x 39 cm
Historia Auctionata
Jun. 16, 2021
Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (Zugeschrieben) – Die wilde und die liebliche Seite der Natur (The wild and the soft sides of nature)
Est: €1,600 - €1,900
Brush and wash in brown over pencil on laid paper watermarked “AL”. 41.9 x 34.8 cm. With a double margin in black pen. With a nature study on the reverse.
Karl & Faber