Johann Georg Hertel the Elder
The Landscape Painter

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Publisher Johann Georg Hertel the Elder (1700–1775)1700–1775

Artistafter François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)French, 1703–1770

CultureFrench

Titles

The Landscape Painter

Datec. 1760

MediumEngraving and etching

Dimensions379 × 256 mm
Plate: 14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (37.8 x 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. (47.1 x 34.9 cm)
Mat opening: 19 15/16 × 15 1/2 in. (50.6 × 39.4 cm)
Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1997.15

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Provenance[Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.

Exhibition History"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: below image: Boucher, pinx. Ioh. Georg Hertel, exc. Aug. V. / Es ist die edle Hand des Mahlers hoch zu schäzen, / die, was vergangen ist, aufs neue praesentirt: / es kan des Ken[n]ers Aug sich ungemein ergözen, / wan[n] er bey dem Portrait den Pinsel weißlich führt. / Ob oculos ponit illa, quod abstulit aetas, / im[m]ortalesque reddit oblivione sepultos: / praesentes facit et saepe absentes amicos, / quare Laude numquam destituetur sua. / No. 12.

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