Maria Catharina Prestel
The Triumph of Truth over Envy

CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Triumph of Truth over Envy
Date1781
MediumEtching and aquatint in brown and gold leaf over yellow ochre on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in. (30.3 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner in honor of Nancy Elaine Rix at Art + Paper 2016
Object number2016.154
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceCabinet Brentano-Birckenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC, Dallas, as of 2015]; puchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none] Later impressions include the names Ligozzi and J.G. Prestel. This impression is before these names were added to the plate.

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Verso: Collector's stamp in blue ink, lower left edge: two B's [Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock] (Lugt 345)
Other various inscriptions in graphite
Recto: [none]
Catalogue raisonnéLeBlanc 61 (as Johann Gottleib Prestel); Nagler 59 (attributed to M.C. Prestel)

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