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Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

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Exhibitions & Events
Featured exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Now on view
Art & Artists
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Johann Gottlieb Prestel

German, 1739 - 1808

Displaying 13 - 17 of 17

Dying Epaminondas

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782

Aquatint and etching in dark, medium, and light brown Accession ID 1948.11.288

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Venus

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1781

Aquatint and etching in brown and gray Accession ID 1948.11.281

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View of the Grotto by Heilbrunn, near Salzburg

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1780s

Aquatint printed in brown with white heightening, on original mount with engraved title affixed Accession ID 2012.65.2

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The Temple of Hercules at Cori

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

c.1784

Color etching and aquatint with roulette on wove paper Accession ID 2010.86.2

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The Ascension of the Virgin

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1776

Etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, laid down on liechtenstein album page Accession ID 2018.91.48

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