Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Self-Portrait

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Self-Portrait
Date1752
MediumEtching with engraving
Dimensions210 × 172 mm
Plate or block: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (21 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 8 5/8 × 6 15/16in. (21.9 × 17.6cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1999.10
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, and Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints & Drawings, Dallas]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1999.



Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: at upper left (in mirror image): G. F. Schmidt / se ipse fecit / aqua forti / 1752; below image: G. F. Schmidt se ipse fec

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