Saint Nicholas Rescuing Sailors, 1771

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.1 x 12.2 cm (9 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

sheet: 24 x 12.5 cm (9 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation

Catalogue Raisonné

Garzarolli-Thurnlackh 1925, no. 17, State only

Accession Number

1999.98.10

Artists / Makers

Martin Johann Schmidt (artist) Austrian, 1718 - 1801

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Mart. Joa. Schmidt fec. 1771.; lower center in plate: S. Nicolaus / In Ungarn zu Waizen in Dom, hoch 15. Sch.; in later hand, center verso in graphite: c. Le Bl. 9 / G.-T. 17; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 55; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Le Bl. 9 / G.-5.17

Provenance

British Museum, London (Lugt 303 and duplicate stamp, Lugt 305). (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 4-5 June 1999, no. 5993); (C. G. Boerner, New York, 1999); purchased 1999 by NGA with funds provided by The Ahmanson Foundation.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
David Carritt Limited, Artemis Group

Bibliography

1925: Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh. Das graphische Werk Martin Johann Schmidts. Zurich, 1925.

1989: Rupert Feuchtmüller, Der Kremser Schmidt, 1718 - 1801, Innsbruck, 1989.