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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2220
People
Adolph Menzel, German (Breslau, Prussia [now Wroclav, Poland] 1815 - 1905 Berlin, Germany)
Title
The Bear Pit
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Versuche auf Stein mit Pensel und Schabeisen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1851
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260518

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
design: 24.8 x 19.6 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • legend: lower margin below image, black ink, lithograph, German: publisher's and printer's identification: Verlag v. CARL MEDER in Berlin Druck v. Korn bei L. Sachse & Cie Berlin

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Julius Hoffmann, Carlsbad and Vienna (1264), auction sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 1922.
Paul J. Sachs, gift to FAM.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1922
Object Number
M2220
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • German Art of the Latter 19th Century, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/08/1982 - 12/31/1982

Verification Level

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