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Print, Design for a panel Representing the Choleric Temperament

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Georg Bergmüller and print maker: Johann Evangelist Holzer. It is dated ca. 1735 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper, remargined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

28.4 × 17.4 cm (11 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Caption: monogram "JGB inv. Et exc. / Conplexio Cholerica / C. Pr. S. C. M."; monogram JH fecit."; left top corner "1."

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a panel Representing the Choleric Temperament; Designed by Johann Georg Bergmüller (German, 1688 - 1762); Print Maker: Johann Evangelist Holzer; Germany; etching on paper, remargined; 28.4 × 17.4 cm (11 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-9

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