The Sleeping Traveller | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R5377
People: Ferdinand Kobell, German (Mannheim, Germany 1740 - 1799 Munich, Germany)
Title: The Sleeping Traveller
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Boy Sleeping on the Ground
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/243489

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Aquatint on cream wove paper

Technique

Aquatint

Dimensions

plate: 3.2 × 7.2 cm (1 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.)
sheet: 6.4 × 12.2 cm (2 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR[transcribed from the original mount]:"Boy sleeping on the ground, Nagler 77"

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: Stengel 91

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R5377
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/09/2023 - 07/10/2023

Verification Level

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R5377: The Sleeping Traveller