View of the Grotto by Heilbrunn, near Salzburg

1780s

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

Artist, German, 1739 - 1808

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint printed in brown with white heightening, on original mount with engraved title affixed

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55.9 x 44.6 cm (22 x 17 9/16 in.)
    mount: 73.2 x 59.8 cm (28 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.65.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 4 June 2012, no. 5349); (via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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: undesc

Inscriptions

on separate label: Schellinger del. J. G. Prestel sc / insc: vue d'une grotte pres de Heilbrunn / maison de plaisance, archiepiscopale dans les environs de Saltzburg. / No. 67

Wikidata ID

Q76561122

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