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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9955
People
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
print
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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