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Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas Tirés de divers célebres Cabinets (Drawings by the Best Painters of Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, Taken from Various Famous Cabinets)

Johann Gottlieb Prestel, Maria Catharina Prestel, and Regina Schönecker (printmakers); Johann Georg Sturm (calligrapher); Heinrich Sebastian Hüsgen (publisher), 1782-1785

Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas Tirés de divers célebres Cabinets (Drawings by the Best Painters of Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, Taken from Various Famous Cabinets) by Johann Gottlieb Prestel, Maria Catharina Prestel, and Regina Schönecker (printmakers); Johann Georg Sturm (calligrapher); Heinrich Sebastian Hüsgen (publisher)
Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas Tirés de divers célebres Cabinets (Drawings by the Best Painters of Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, Taken from Various Famous Cabinets) by Johann Gottlieb Prestel, Maria Catharina Prestel, and Regina Schönecker (printmakers); Johann Georg Sturm (calligrapher); Heinrich Sebastian Hüsgen (publisher), 34 cm × 49 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

34 cm × 49 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 49 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
49 cm
Width
34 cm
Medium
portfolio with thirty-six etching and engravings (many with aquatint and/or soft-ground etching) printed in colors, plus engraved title page
Kind
Portfolio
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection

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How big is it?
34 cm × 49 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1782-1785. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Rosenwald Collection.
How was it made?
Portfolio with thirty-six etching and engravings (many with aquatint and/or soft-ground etching) printed in colors, plus engraved title page.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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