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Avarice

Print
1740-1755 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gottfried Bernhard Göz (Printmaker)
Johann Andreas Pfeffel (Publisher)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Published)

Plate 4.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleAvarice (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Gottfried Bernhard Göz. Plate from a suite of fourteen representing virtues and vices. Germany, 1740-1755.
Physical description
Plate 4.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 29.6cm
  • To plate mark width: 19.3cm
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'Avaritia'
  • Numbered '4' in the upper right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'G. B. Göz inv. et sculps. / Spiritui Sancto.... / .... turpis avarus erat.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'I. A. Pfeffel exc. A. V. / Weil Anania liegt .... / auch an Boff.'
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.435, 65 (10).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 111, 2.1
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
24952:18

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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