C. Haager    

 

According to literature sources and tradition, Haager is said to have been introduced to the art of microtechnology by the brothers Sebastian Hess and Johann Paul Hess in Brussels. Furthermore, he is said to have presented three of his micro paintings to the public in London in 1773.

This very small signed carving is set in an equally beautiful fancy frame with enamel and gold of a jeweller with cover glass and shows three persons, the typical Hague sculptures on pedestals as ruins and trees. The background is probably powdered blue glass, as his teachers also used. Haager also used the device of drawing in the background to increase the plasticity of the scene.