Ruins of an Ancient Building, with a Stone Bridge in the Distance (Ponte Molle?)

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Ruins of an Ancient Building, with a Stone Bridge in the Distance (Ponte Molle?)

c. 1772

Artist/maker unknown, French or German Possibly by or after Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1733–1771)

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Object Details

Titles:

Ruins of an Ancient Building, with a Stone Bridge in the Distance (Ponte Molle?)

Date:

c. 1772

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, French or German Possibly by or after Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1733–1771)

Medium:

Etching (trial proof printed from the unfinished plate)

Dimensions:

Image: 6 15/16 x 9 3/4 inches (17.7 x 24.8 cm) Sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches (19.2 x 25.7 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:

1985-52-28994

Geography:

Made in Austria, Europe

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