Johan Adolph Kittendorff
Konstnere Forsamlede om Aftenen I Fincks Kaffehuus I München (An Evening Gathering of Artists at the Coffee House Finck, Munich)
Artist
Johan Adolph Kittendorff (Danish, 1820–1902)Danish, 1820–1902
Afterafter
Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (Danish, 1804–1832)Danish, 1804–1832
CultureDanish
Titles
- Konstnere Forsamlede om Aftenen I Fincks Kaffehuus I München (An Evening Gathering of Artists at the Coffee House Finck, Munich)
Dateafter 1850
MediumLithotint printed in two shades of brown ink on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/4 × 15 5/8 in. (28.6 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2022.27
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
1 The Munich Artists Association (MKG), founded 1856, organized annual exhibitions and began collecting works. It is unknown when this collecting began. In 1968, much of the collection was transferred to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed and Printed in ink, bottom edge, below plate: W. Bendz pinx 1832; I.W. Tegner & Kittendorffs lith. Inst.; Ad Kittendorff lith
Recto: Inscribed and Printed in ink, center bottom edge, below plate: KONSTNERE FORSAMLEDE OM AFTENEN I FINCKS KAFFEHUUS I MÜNCHEN.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, center bottom edge, bottom of sheet: Maleriet; 52 ½ 36 ¼
Recto: Inscribed and Printed in ink, center bottom edge, below plate: KONSTNERE FORSAMLEDE OM AFTENEN I FINCKS KAFFEHUUS I MÜNCHEN.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, center bottom edge, bottom of sheet: Maleriet; 52 ½ 36 ¼
Watermark: not known
Blindstamp: Recto, center bottom edge: I. W. Tegner Kittendorff Lithographisk Lithographisk Institut. Kjøbenhavn
Stamp: Recto, center bottom edge, below plate and bottom of sheet: MKG [Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft]
Recto: Lower margin embossed with publishers seal: J.W. Tegner Kittendorff Lithographisk Institut. Kjøbenhavn
Recto: Below publisher’s seal, printed: Maleriet 52 ½ 36 ¼
Blindstamp: Recto, center bottom edge: I. W. Tegner Kittendorff Lithographisk Lithographisk Institut. Kjøbenhavn
Stamp: Recto, center bottom edge, below plate and bottom of sheet: MKG [Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft]
Recto: Lower margin embossed with publishers seal: J.W. Tegner Kittendorff Lithographisk Institut. Kjøbenhavn
Recto: Below publisher’s seal, printed: Maleriet 52 ½ 36 ¼
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