The Milky Way
c. 1900
Artist, German, 1863 - 1932
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 29 × 23.2 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 29.7 × 23.5 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2018.23.38
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(D. Canguilhem, Paris); Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection, New York, 2001; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, lower right of mat in graphite: Q1498✓; on verso, by artist, top center in blue pencil: Voie lactée / Nv 4; across center in blue pencil: Persee Cepeus Cygnus; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 24
Wikidata ID
Q64157871