Lot 1330: Martyrdom of a Saint.

Rest of signature below left. Oil on canvas. Laid down on cardboard. 30,5 x 21cm. Framed.

The work at hand by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner served as source for a copper engraving which was published in a four-band martyrology as sheet on the 18th of September:

Dayly edification of a true christian in his trust in God and his service in the reflection of his Saint for every day of the year in selected copper [engravings] and their elucidation, also edifying conciderations and devout prayers given to hand by a member of the Society for Fine Art and Science R.D. Joseph Guilini translated to German from R.P. Mascalus sel., Vienna and Augsburg 1753-55. Bd III., here the sheet for the 18th of September. Signed in the plate: Pinxit Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner. The artist created several other submittals, however, only twenty-five are still extant respectively known of.