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Belling

1854
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Belling
  • Series/Portfolio: from 'Aus König Friedrich's Zeit: Kriegs- und Friedenshelden gezeichnet von Adolph Menzel. In Holz geschnitten von Eduard Kretzschmar'
  • Artist: After Adolph Menzel (German, Breslau 1815–1905 Berlin)
  • Printmaker: Eduard Kretzschmar (German, 1807–1858)
  • Publisher: Alexander Duncker, Berlin
  • Sitter: Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling (German, 1719–1779)
  • Date: 1854
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 8 7/16 in. (26.1 × 21.5 cm)
    Sheet: 17 15/16 × 13 3/4 in. (45.6 × 35 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.33.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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