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Historiae et Allegoriae projectae et designatae e Gottr. Eichler jun

Print
1755-1765 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gottfried Eichler (Printmaker)
Johann Georg Hertel I (Publisher)
Gottfried Eichler (Designer)
Wachsmuth (printmaker)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Published)

Plate 125.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Historiae et Allegoriae projectae et designatae e Gottr. Eichler jun (series title)
  • Incredibilitas (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Gottfried Eichler the younger. Incredulity. Plate 32 from a series of 200 illustrations to a German version Cesare Ripa's Iconolgia' entitled 'Historiae et Allegoriae projectae et designatae e Gottr. Eichler jun'. Germany, 1755-1765.
Physical description
Plate 125.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 18.7cm
  • To plate mark width: 12.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Numbered 'CXXV' in the upper left and '125' in the upper right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'INCREDIBILITAS. / .... / elavorum vestigiis.'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'Der Unglaube. / .... / ... Blauben leiter'
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Eichler del.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Hertel, excud:'
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.439, 75 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 4595.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
28434:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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