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| Titles: | The Origin of Painting Entstehung der Malerei. L'origine de la Peinture., Plate from Atanazy Raczynski, Histoire de l'art moderne, plate vol. (Paris: Jules Renouard, 1841) |
| Date: | 1839 |
| Artists: | Julius Caesar Thaeter (German, 1804–1870) After a gouache of 1830 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (German, 1781–1841) Published by Jules Renuoard, Paris Printed by C. Schulgen-Bettendorff, l'imprimerie ent t.d. de l'academie royale des arts, Düsseldorf (active 19th century) Written by Count Joseph Atanazy Raczynski (Polish, 1788–1874) |
| Medium: | Etching with masked plate tone |
| Dimensions: | Plate: 12 13/16 x 15 7/8 inches (32.5 x 40.3 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 x 22 1/8 inches (41.5 x 56.2 cm) |
| Classification: | Prints |
| Credit Line: | The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985 |
| Accession Number: | 1985-52-19425 |
| Geography: | Made in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe |
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