Layout of the Sanssouci Picture Gallery
Matthias Oesterreich, German, 1716 - 1778
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
Research Area
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
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2008.
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