Triumphal Arch for Charles V

1725

Johann Ulrich Kraus

Artist, German, 1655 - 1719

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 x 28 cm (13 13/16 x 11 in.)
    sheet: 39 x 29.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.110

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 473


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. 473

Inscriptions

upper center: Ferdi / nandus / I; center in image: Carolus V / CAROLO V FORTI TRIUMPHATORI SAECULUM VIII IMPERII ROMANO-GERMANICI D. D. D.; lower left in plate: Petrus Schubert von Ehrenberg inv. et del.; lower right in plate: Joan Ulrich Kraus scul.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: For Triumphal Arch 1550 for Charles V / for Gold(not deciphered) 97 (not deciphered) Col.

Wikidata ID

Q76559316


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