Johann Christoph Dehne - Ten engravings for the book by Johann Messelreuter, "Neu-eröffneter Masquen-Saal"

Johann Christoph Dehne (German engraver, fl. 1713-1741), ten engravings for the book by Johann Messelreuter '' Newly opened Masquen-Saal, or: The disguised heydnischen Götter: Göttinnen und Vergötterter '' (Newly opened Masquen-Saal, or: The disguised heydnian gods: goddesses and deified, printed by Johann Lobern, Bayreuth, 1723), costume studies for theater, costumes of the following gods with a short summary of the myths:

Plate 44: Sisyphus,
Plate 45: Danaïdes or Perides,
Plate 60: Priest of Vulcani in the Temple from mount Etna,
Plate 94: Theseua,
Plate 102: Pigmalion,
Plate 105: Circe,
Plate 125: Amphiaraus,
Plate 130: Antigone,
Plate 151: Laocoon,
Plate 153: Euripides.

Each numbered upper right, 32.5 x 20cm, age-appropriate rubbing marks, small spots and tears, otherwise very strong, clear and black prints. Old tapes on only the Sisyphus print have been used for repair.