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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.48
People
Johann Peter Pichler, German (Bolzano 1765 - 1807 Vienna)
After Heinrich Friedrich Füger, German (Heilbronn 1751-1818 Vienna)
Title
Alexander and his Physician Philippus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367947

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
image: 55.5 × 71.3 cm (21 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
plate: 60.7 × 71.5 cm (23 7/8 × 28 1/8 in.)
sheet: 61.5 × 71.7 cm (24 3/16 × 28 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: H. F. Füger pinx
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: J. Pichler sc. [over another printed inscription]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, erased: 107
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Alexander in seia Aizt Philippus / Ʌ. 500, - S. Keil, Füger, WV 214

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [through Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, November 27, 2019, lot 5531]; to [C. G. Boerner, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.48
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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