Diogenes in His Tub with Alexander and His Generals

1810

Carl Russ

Artist, Austrian, 1779 - 1843

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.9 × 30.1 cm (8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in.)
    plate: 21.4 × 30.8 cm (8 7/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 38.8 cm (10 15/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.108.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835 - 1852, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 4.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 149, fig. 3.

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