A Philosopher, 1720s

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.8 x 8 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

sheet: 11.4 x 8.3 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation

Catalogue Raisonné

Nagler, no. 2

Accession Number

1999.98.12

Artists / Makers

Paul Troger (artist) Austrian, 1698 - 1762

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

lower left in plate: P.T. f.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Troger N. 2

Provenance

Thomas Graf, Berlin (1878 - 1951)(Lugt 1092a). Wilhelm Soldan, Berlin, after 1950 (Lugt undescribed). (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 4-5 June 1999, lot 6026); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 1999 with funds contributed by The Ahmanson Foundation.

Associated Names

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

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. 2.