Young Man Inspired by Genius

1810

Carl Russ

Associated Names
Carl Russ

Artist, Austrian, 1779 - 1843

This is an illustration featuring a draped figure leaning over and touching the head of a seated figure holding a tablet or book. The scene includes symbolic elements like a rooster in the background, cherubic figures with wings, and winged beings resembling angels near the main figures. Geometric shapes and foliage fill the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.8 x 29.2 cm (8 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 28 x 36.3 cm (11 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.328

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 5

  • Series Title

    Plate from Genius der Kunste

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

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. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: K RUSS 1810

Wikidata ID

Q76337054

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