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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R8172
People
Salomon Gessner, Swiss (Zurich 1730 - 1788 Zurich)
Title
Landscapes Dedicated to Watelet
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Landscapes Dedicated to Watelet
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242023

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 23 x 21.3 cm (9 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
plate: 20.7 x 18.9 cm (8 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
image: 19 x 17.2 cm (7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.c below image etched in plate: 8.
  • inscription: l.r below image etched in plate: S. Gessner inv. et. f.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Watelet: pl. 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R8172
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Del-Louise Moyer, "Amyntas," The Story of Christina Schneider's 1777 "Vorschrift", Der Reggeboge: The Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society (Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 2012), Vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 53-67, p. 54, repr. fig. 2

Verification Level

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