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Print, Frederick the Great

This is a Print. It was print maker: Johann Esais Nilson and after Antoine Pesne. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

Its dimensions are

26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On verso: two black stamps of Staedelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt (Germany), Lugt 2357 covering a part of 2356.

Cite this object as

Print, Frederick the Great; After Antoine Pesne; Print Maker: Johann Esais Nilson (German, 1721 – 1783); Germany; etching on paper; 26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1944-83-11

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