Perspectiva
1719-1720
Artist, German, 1689 - 1741
Engraver, German, 1701 - 1758
Engraver, Czech, active 1710/1715
Engraver, German, active early 18th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved dedication and 47 etched and engraved illustrations
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Credit Line
Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013
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Dimensions
sheet: 40.8 × 27.4 cm (16 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
book: 41.5 × 28.2 × 3.6 cm (16 5/16 × 11 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2013.67.10
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friderich Ketteler, from Schloss Ketteler in Harkotten (near Sassenberg, Germany) (ownership inscription dated 1729); Walter Schlazki; acuired 1974 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston (bookplate); (sale, Christie's New York, 20 June 2013, no. 694); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by later hands, inside upper cover upper right in blue ink: 74-43-18 / upper left in graphite: 15 / IV/TW LU[H?] / 2 parts in one volume / very fine copy / first editions: (underlined) 1719-1720 / ref: Weinreb Cat 11 item 73 (1965) / earliest issue Weinreb could trace was 1749-1753; in brown pen on verso of 2nd titlepage: (not deciphered); lower left inside lower cover in graphite: A028