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Standing Soldier Seen from Behind

1755–71
Not on view
Loutherbourg, an Alsatian painter who studied etching in Johann Georg Wille’s academy, clearly admired the prints of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa, as did many other French printmakers of the time. In the set to which this print belongs (2018.52.1-6), entitled "First suite of Soldiers,"Loutherbourg took up a format associated with Rosa in order to showcase his own inventiveness and fluency.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Standing Soldier Seen from Behind
  • Series/Portfolio: First Suite of Soldiers, p. 2
  • Artist: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (French, Strasbourg 1740–1812 London)
  • Date: 1755–71
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Image: 4 1/4 in. × 3 in. (10.8 × 7.6 cm)
    Plate: 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (12.1 × 8.5 cm)
    Sheet: 5 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (13.1 × 9.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.52.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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