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Die Klugheit Beleuchtet die Gemeinheit

1900

Ernst Moritz Geyger

Artist, German, 1861 - 1941

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Dimensions

plate: 30 × 21.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Accession

2005.157.7.9

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Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Various Artists

1900

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Auguste Rodin

1900

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Maurice Denis

1900

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia and Ira Jackson, Houston; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Jackson, Ira, Dr.

Wikidata ID

Q76560948

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