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Matthias Oesterreich, German, 1716 - 1778

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1767

Woodcut on medium weight off white laid paper

Sheet (Irreg.): 17 9/16 × 22 11/16 in. (44.6 × 57.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund

2008.56.2

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, in block, lower left: Se vand a Potsdam chez Matthieu Oesterreich.; titled, in block, center: ARANGEMENT DU CABINET / A COTE / DE LA GRANDE GALERIE ROYALE / DE TABLEAUX / A / SANS-SOUCI. / 1767.; inscribed, in block, lower right: Imprime a Berlin chez Frederic Guillame Birustiet. Watermark, center left: IAS WANGEN [crowned coat-of-arms with inscription in pendant]

Course History

GERM 10, Germany and the East, Yuliya Komska, Winter 2013

German 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2024

Provenance

James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2008.

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