The Artist and His Family

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Gottfried Schadow

Title

The Artist and His Family

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1794–1795

Medium

Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, center, in graphite: “1977”; center, right, in graphite: “No. 82”; lower left, in graphite: “28670/lrag” (?); lower center, in graphite: “G. Schadow / friedl. 40”; bottom center, in graphite: “Repro Bode p. 503”; lower right, in graphite: “46.36.13”

Dimensions

Plate: 18.2 × 12 cm (7 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 18.8 × 12.8 cm (7 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2018.416

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