Buchinger, Matthias | An early calligraphic inscription by Buchinger

Buchinger, Matthias

Autograph calligraphic inscription, in German, signed by Buchinger ("Ick Matthias Buchinger") at the foot of an engraved portrait of him 

Engraved portrait of Buchinger (272 x 189 mm), possibly engraved by Brühl in Leipzig, inscribed by Buchinger in the lower margin, Augsburg, 1709; some edgewear, a little tired, tipped to a mat board.

Buchinger's inscription is variously in frontward, backward, upside-down, and mirror writing. This appears to be a re-engraving of the earlier anonymous London or Amsterdam portrait of Buchinger (see preceding lot).

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cf. MB, pp. 10–11