The Goddess of Fame Placing a Laurel Wreath on the Memorial to General Keith

1774

Bernhard Rode

Associated Names
Bernhard Rode

Artist, German, 1725 - 1797

This is a drawing of a winged figure seated on an ornate architectural element. The drawing depicts a winged figure seated on a large, intricately decorated urn. The figure holds a laurel wreath and has a trumpet resting at the base. The background showcases an arched design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.54 × 16.35 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.81 × 17.15 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.57

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jacobs 1989, no. 152

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably William E. Suida [1]; by descent Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018
[1] per Alessandra Manning Dolnier

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Jacobs, Renate. Das graphische Werk Bernhard Rodes (1725 - 1797). Münster, 1989: 152.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: B. Rode 1774

Wikidata ID

Q77260974

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