Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 124A

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Christian Josi

Title

Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1826

Medium

Soft ground etching, with roulette, printed in red on white wove paper

Inscriptions

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image: "First proof of the first plate with the soft ground". Verso: Inscribed in graphite: "first proof in red with the soft ground"

Dimensions

Image: 35.7 × 27 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32.5 cm (16 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.3 cm (20 1/8 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1940.962

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