Triumphal Arch for Henry II

1725

Johann Ulrich Kraus

Artist, German, 1655 - 1719

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.1 x 24.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 39.8 x 30.1 cm (15 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 475

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

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. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 475

Inscriptions

upper center in image: Saeculum III / Imperii Romano-Germanici triumphans / Pietate Sancti Henrici; (other inscriptions scattered around architecture); lower left in plate: Petrus Schubart v. Ehrenberg inv. et del:; lower right in plate: Johann Ulrich Kraus fecit

Wikidata ID

Q76559297

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