The Persian

1756

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Artist, German, 1712 - 1775

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 16.6 x 12.9 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.61.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wessely 1887, no. 150, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Carl von Guérard, Elberfeld (d. 1904) (Lugt 1109). (Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1887

  • Wessely, Joseph Eduard. Georg Frederic Schmidt. Verzeichniss seiner Stiche und Radirungen. Hamburg, 1887.

Inscriptions

upper left in image: Rembrant pinx. / GF Schmidt fecit aquafort / 1756.; lower center in plate: du Cabinet du Sieur Godskoffsky; by later hand, lower center in graphite: J. 120. I. / (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q76340894

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