Pietà

1720s

Paul Troger

Associated Names
Paul Troger

Artist, Austrian, 1698 - 1762

The image shows three individuals. In the center, a person lies down with their head tilted back. They have closed eyes, a slightly open mouth, short wavy hair, and a draped cloth over part of their lower body. Another person sits behind them and a third person lies near the central figure's feet. The second person has long hair, wears draped clothing, and looks downward. The background features textured or rocky surfaces. The engraving is signed "Paulus Troger in: fecit" at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 x 12.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 in.)
    sheet: 19.9 x 12.9 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.98.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Misch, Berlin (Lugt 1816f). Wilhelm Soldan, Berlin, after 1950 (Lugt undescribed). (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 4-5 June 1999, no. 6028); (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York, 1999); purchased 1999 by NGA with funds contributed by The Ahmanson Foundation.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Paulus Troger in: fecit.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Paul Troger; by later hand, lower center verso in ink: Nagler, No. 13; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: I Züstand, vor Winklers Adres: / Wien

Wikidata ID

Q75425074

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