Perspektivhändler (Telescope Seller)

1775

Carl Schütz, after Johann Christian Brand

Associated Names
Carl Schütz

Artist, Austrian, 1745 - 1800

Johann Christian Brand

Artist After, Austrian, 1722 - 1795

The image displays a person standing on one foot, with the other foot resting on a boulder. The person is adjusting a hat with their left hand and is wearing a detailed coat, knee-length breeches, and holding a basket filled with items in their left hand. In their right hand, they hold telescopes. Various objects like spectacles and geometric tools are scattered underfoot, and the background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36 × 24.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 34.5 cm (18 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.16.8

  • Series Title

    Zeichnungen nach dem gemeinen Volke besonders Der Kaufruf in Wien / Etudes prises dans le bas peuple et principalement Les cris de Vienne (Cries of Vienna)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof.; lower right in plate: Gestochen v. C. Schutz.; lower center in plate: Perspektivhändler./Vendeur de Lunettes

Wikidata ID

Q77008067

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