Cartouche Moderne with Emblems of Death

Johann Esaias Nilson1721/1788

Details

Title: Cartouche Moderne with Emblems of Death
Creator: Johann Esaias Nilson
Date Created: 1721/1788
Physical Dimensions: sheet (cut within platemark): 16.5 x 25.9 cm (6 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Provenance: (sale, Sotheby's New York, 4 May 2000, no. 25); (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.
Medium: etching [counterproof] with drawing in pen and black ink and gray wash, on laid paper incised with grounding in red chalk for transfer on verso

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