310236 Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756). Kitchen. Peepshow (diorama) with 6 pieces of scenery, numbered in old times at the back in brown ink from 1 to 6. Mansion’s kitchen in an expertly built modern peep box. Hand-col. copper engravings, cut out and pasted on thin cardboard. 100x145 mm (sheets), the box is 161mm wide and 250 mm deep. Backs: Plain. Circa 1740.
Lit.: Ingrid Fisch, Das Kunstwerk des Monats (LWL September 2015), fig. 4.
A maid chases away a larcenous cat, the lady of the house in a fine dress watches as the oven is emptied...
Very good conservation.  

$ 1,415.04