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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.47
People
Frans Wrenk, German (1766 - 1830)
After Heinrich Friedrich Füger, German (Heilbronn 1751-1818 Vienna)
Title
Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367946

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
image: 58.2 × 73.8 cm (22 15/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
sheet: 60.4 × 74.2 cm (23 3/4 × 29 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: H. Füger pinx.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: F. Wrenk sc.
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: Orpheus; Pato [?] [illegible text] Proseipina / Ʌ.200. - S. Kiel, Füger, WV 450

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [through Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, November 27, 2019, lot 5531]; to [C. G. Boerner, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Nagler 25; LeBlanc 25

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.47
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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