M9955: The Mouth of Truth
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9955
- People
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Maria Catharina Prestel, German (Nuremberg 1747 - 1794 London)
After Albrecht Altdorfer, German (Regensburg c. 1480 - 1538 Regensburg)
- Title
- The Mouth of Truth
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: La bocca di verità, Dessin d'Albrt Altorfer
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/260102
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and woodcut printed in black and olive, to imitate chiaroscuro drawing
- Technique
- Etching and woodcut
- Dimensions
- image with border: 29.1 x 23.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Horace M. Swope, St. Louis and New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- LeBlanc 22; Schwaighofer 1
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- M9955
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 02/28/2022
Verification Level
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