Literature: Nagler, vol. 23, p. 52 (I./II.); Thieme-Becker vol. XXXIV, p. 476.

Very fine and deep black impression of the first state, before the inscription of the name of the sitter.
With large margins.

Very lively image of a gentleman drinking coffee out of a thin porcelain cup. Vogel can be considered as one of the most skilled producers of mezzotints in Germany in the early eighteenth century.

Rare as a first state and sought after because of its connections with coffee.