Spring
mid 18th century
Artist, German, 1710 - 1768
Artist, German, 1712 - 1787

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 49.1 x 66.8 cm (19 5/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
plate: 47.5 x 65.6 cm (18 11/16 x 25 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2011.125.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kunsthandlung Bessler, Augsburg [according to label on back of frame]). Private collection, Germany. (sale 376, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 14 May 2011, lot 3); (C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); purchased 2011 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
across top margin in plate: VER tu plasmasti. Psal. 73.v.17.; lower left in plate [by watering can]: I.W. Baumgartner del.; lower left in plae: C.P.S.C.M.; along bottom margin in plate: Existimans , quia hortulanus esset, dicit ei: Domine, si tu sustulisti eum, dictio mihi, ubi posuisti eum, et ego eum tollam. Ioan. 20.v.15.; lower right in plate: Klauber Cath. Sc. et exc. Aug. Vind.
Wikidata ID
Q76560428