Johann Georg Hertel the Elder
The Sculptor

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Publisher Johann Georg Hertel the Elder1700–1775

ArtistAfter Jean-Baptiste Marie PierreFrench, 1713–1789

Titles

The Sculptor

Datec. 1760

MediumEngraving and etching

Dimensions378 × 260 mm
Plate or block: 14 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (37.8 × 26 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 19 × 14 5/8in. (48.3 × 37.1cm)
Mat (mat): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1997.16

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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: below image: Boucher, pinx. Ioh. Georg Hertel, exc. Aug. V. / Offt läst sich Holz u[nd] Stein nicht gleich zu bolzen drehen, / ob gleich des Künstlers Hand den besten fleiß nicht spahrt: / doch läst zu weilen sich davon ein Bildnuß sehen, / so, als ein Angedenk, das Alterthum verwahrt. / Ex quovis Lapide non fit Mercurius / Licet perita Sculptoris saepe manus: / oleum et operam impendat nulto sudore, / donec Statua suavi aspectu oculos beat. / No. 12.

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