Die Grosse Grotte auf dem Heidelberger Schlosse (The Large Grotto at Heidelberg Castle)

1806

Georg Primavesi

Artist, German, 1774 - 1855

Peter Speeth

Artist, German, 1772 - 1831

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36 × 46.4 cm (14 3/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 36.2 × 46.7 cm (14 1/4 × 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.91.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 28, State ii/ii (series)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. W. Fichter Kunsthandel, Frankfurt); purchased 2015 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, no. 28, ii/ii (series)

Inscriptions

in plate, lower center: P. Sppeeth del G. Primavesi Sculp. / DIE GROSE GROTTE / auf dem Heldelberger Schlosse. ; LA GRANDE GROTTE / au Chateau de Heidelberg

Wikidata ID

Q77015509

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