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This and 149 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

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Print, Scene Inscpired by Antiquity

This is a Print. It was designed by Thomas Christian Winck and published by Thomas Christian Winck and François de Cuvilliés. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 22.9 x 15.4 cm (9 x 6 1/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 122

Cite this object as

Print, Scene Inscpired by Antiquity; Designed by Thomas Christian Winck (German, 1738–1797); Published by François de Cuvilliés the younger (German, 1731 - 1777); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 22.9 x 15.4 cm (9 x 6 1/16 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-285-123

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