The Ascension of the Virgin

1776

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

Artist, German, 1739 - 1808

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, laid down on Liechtenstein album page

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 68.7 × 40.6 cm (27 1/16 × 16 in.)
    mount: 74.5 × 51 cm (29 5/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.91.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz. (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

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

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 36

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 131, fig. 1.

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