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Johann Gottlieb Prestel, after Lodovico Carracci (formerly attributed to Guido Reni)

The Ascension of the Virgin, 1776

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series Title

Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas du Cabinet de monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg Gravés d'apres les Originaux de même grandeur (plate 6)

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 36

Accession Number

2018.91.48

Artists / Makers

Johann Gottlieb Prestel (artist) German, 1739 - 1808

Guido Reni (artist after) Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

Lodovico Carracci (artist after) Bolognese, 1555 - 1619

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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.
Liechtenstein, Princes of

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.