Johann Friedrich Bolt
The Daughter of Butades Drawing the Silhouette of Her Lover

CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Daughter of Butades Drawing the Silhouette of Her Lover
Date1804
MediumLithograph
Dimensions253 × 176 mm
Plate or block: 10 × 6 7/8 in. (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 17 × 11 3/4 in. (43.2 × 29.8 cm)
Mat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1999.5
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1999.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: at lower left (reversed): Fried. Bolt i et de. [?] 1804; in lower margin: Polÿautographische Zeichnung von Fr. Bolt.


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