Jacob's Ladder

c. 1745

Joseph Wagner

Publisher, German, 1706 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 52 x 33.8 cm (20 1/2 x 13 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.84.6


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Liechtenstein Collection; (Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt); purchased 1984 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Amiconi inven.; lower center in plate: aa.6; lower right in plate: Appo Wagner Ven.aC.P.E.S.; across bottom in plate: inscription in four lines

Wikidata ID

Q74066162


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