Democritus Meditating
1654
Artist, German, 1609 - c. 1682

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (cut to platemark): 16.1 x 13.1 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2003.15.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 17
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Professor Grober, Jena (not in Lugt). Dr. W. Lippisch, Munich (not in Lugt). (Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2003 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868.
Inscriptions
in image, lower left: VANITAS ET...; lower left in plate: JH (in monogram) Schönfeld Fecit 1654; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Johann Heinr. Schönfeld / 1609 - 1675 / A. 4. (not deciphered)
Wikidata ID
Q76346159