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Heraclytus

Print
1734-1745 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gottfried Bernhard Göz (Printmaker)
Gottfried Bernhard Göz (Publisher)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Published)

Plate 2.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleHeraclytus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Gottfried Bernhard Göz. One of two plates from a suite of eight showing the disasters of war following the death of the Emperor Charles VI of Austria in 1740. Germany, 1740-1745.
Physical description
Plate 2.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 34.2cm
  • To plate mark width: 21.3cm
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • Numbered '2' in the upper centre of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Auff Kriegs Gott Mars, et brint! .... / Gschwind! greiff zu den Waften. / C. P. S. Case. M.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Dormitum satis est: tandem expergiscere ... / .... / Mars Fure, sterne, neca. / G. B. Göz inv. et. exc. A. V.'
Bibliographic reference
Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.435, 65 (3).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
24423:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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