The Dance (Curtain Design for the New Opera House in Vienna)

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The Dance (Curtain Design for the New Opera House in Vienna)

c. 1869

Johannes Kaspar Eissenhardt (German, 1824–1896) After Ferdinand Laufberger (Bohemian (active Vienna), 1829–1881) Published by the Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, Vienna Printed by F. Kargl, Vienna

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Object Details

Titles:

The Dance (Curtain Design for the New Opera House in Vienna)
Plate from Wiener-Künstler Album

Date:

c. 1869

Artists:

Medium:

Etching with masked plate tone

Dimensions:

Plate: 14 1/8 x 7 15/16 inches (35.8 x 20.1 cm) Sheet: 18 7/16 x 13 7/16 inches (46.8 x 34.2 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:

1985-52-16343

Geography:

Made in Vienna, Austria, Europe

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