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Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting: A Collection of Studies in Perspective

1841
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting: A Collection of Studies in Perspective
  • Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
  • Author: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
  • Date: 1841
  • Medium: Eleven etched plates
  • Dimensions: 13 7/8 × 20 11/16 × 1/2 in. (35.2 × 52.6 × 1.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2008

  • Object Number: 2008.519
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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View of Charlottenborg Palace in Copenhagen with the Old Botanical Garden and Figures, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Danish, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; an incised construction line at lower left
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