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| Titles: | The Letter Writer (so-called Self-Portrait of Caspar Netscher) Plate from Die Meisterwerke der Dresdner Gallerie, in Kupfer gestochen von Jul. Ernst, Th. Langer, G. Planer, A. Schultheiss u. A. 36 Lieferungen mit erläuterndem Text von Carl Clauss. (Dresden: E. Arnold. 1866) |
| Date: | c. 1866 |
| Artists: | Albrecht Fürchtegott Schultheiss (German, 1823–1909) After a painting of 1664 or 1665 by Caspar Netscher (Dutch (active Arnhem, Deventer, France, and The Hague), 1639–1684) |
| Medium: | Etching and engraving with masked plate tone |
| Dimensions: | Plate: 11 5/16 x 8inches (28.7 x 20.3cm) Sheet: 18 1/16 x 13 9/16inches (45.8 x 34.4cm) |
| 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: | 1985-52-15910 |
| Geography: | Made in Germany, Europe |
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