The Tomb of Madame Langhans

1786

Christian von Mechel

Artist, Swiss, 1737 - 1817

Bartholomäus Hübner

Artist, German, 1727 - after 1795

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper; proof before caption

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.2 × 27.2 cm (15 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 × 29.8 cm (16 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.406

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London, 1997); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA in 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

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. 3 (under Hübner).

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 15 (under Hübner).

1959

  • Wüthrich, Lukas Heinrich. Das Oeuvre des Kupferstechers Christian von Mechel. Basel, 1959, no. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q76556842

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