Cartouche Moderne with a Young Couple Being Served Wine

Johann Esaias Nilson

Associated Names
Johann Esaias Nilson

Artist, German, 1721 - 1788

The image shows three figures in an outdoor setting. The central figure is a man in period clothing, including a wide-brimmed hat with feathers, holding a pint glass. The figure on the left pours liquid into the glass. The figure on the right is a woman holding a walking stick. The background features decorative foliage and scrollwork. The artwork is monochrome with fine lines and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [counterproof] with drawing in pen and black ink and gray wash, on laid paper incised with grounding in red chalk for transfer on verso

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 15.5 x 26.5 cm (6 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.89.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schuster 1936, no. 67, State [counterproof of proof state]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's New York, 4 May 2000, no. 25); (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1936

  • Schuster, Marianne. Johann Esaias Nilson: ein Kupferstcher des süddeutschen Rokoko. Munich, 1936.

Wikidata ID

Q76346129

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