Kupfer-Bibel, volume I

published 1731

Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (author) with plates after Johann Melchior Füssli and border designs after Johann Daniel Preissler

Associated Names
Johann Jacob Scheuchzer

Author, Swiss, 1672 - 1733

Johann Melchior Füssli

Artist After, Swiss, 1677 - 1736

Johann Daniel Preissler

Artist After, German, 1666 - 1737

This is a photograph of an antique leather-bound book. The cover features a worn brown leather exterior with an embossed rectangle and diamond pattern in lighter brown hues. The design includes delicate decorative dots and filigree at the corners of the rectangular border. The spine of the book is visible on the left, exhibiting slightly raised bands. The overall condition suggests age, with visible scratches and wear.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: mezzotint portrait of Scheuchzer, engraving opposite title page, title page, 26 pages introductory text (unnumbered), 276 pages text (numbered 1-276), 177 engravings (numbered 1-174 with 3 additional plates); plates are engraved by various artists after Füssli; border designs are after Preissler

  • Credit Line

    Epstein Family Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 38.3 × 24.4 cm (15 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    book: 39.1 × 26.5 × 6.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.26.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bookplate of Georg August, Count of Erbach; bookplate of Kenneth Mackenzie; The Horticultural Society of New York; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-28 April 1987, no. 324); purchased (via Quaritch Ltd.) by NGA, 1987.

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Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1995, no cat.

2023

  • Making her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2023-2024, no. 6 (TAB. CLXV engraved by Catharina Sperling-Heckel).

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