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Oraculum oder Weisagende Gos

Engraving
1734-1745 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Gottfried Bernhard Göz (Designer)
Balthsar Sigmund Setlezky (Printmaker)
Johann Georg Hertel I (Publisher)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Published)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleOraculum oder Weisagende Gos (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Gottfried Bernhard Göz. Plate from a suite representing legendary and historical figures arranged as antithetical pairs showing contrasting characteristics, or virtues and vices. Germany, 1740-1755.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 32.7cm
  • Cut to width: 20.9cm
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the centre of the plate: 'B. S. Setlezky sc'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'ORACULUM. / ...... / .... est mille / Triumphis.'
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Gottfr. Bernh. Göz, del.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Ioh: Georg Hertel, excud. Aug. Vind'
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.435, 65 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 126.2.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29364:62

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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