The Tower of Babel
Gift of Mrs. Algernon S. Sullivan, 1919
Catalogue
- Year
- 1683
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6 3/8 x 8 11/16 in. (16.2 x 22.1 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (16.5 x 22.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Anton Joseph von Prenner
Artist
Anton Joseph von Prenner or von Brenner was an Austrian painter, engraver and publisher. He is mainly known for his publications recording the Imperial art collections kept in the Stallburg gallery.
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Saint Pepin I and his daughter, Saint Begga
1732 · Etching; reverse copy
The Young Bacchus, holding a flute
1728 · Etching
Aeneas fleeing Troy, with a group of six figures leaving the city at left, Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, followed by his wife Creusa and his son Ascanius, two servants at far left
1728 · Etching
Theatrum artis pictoriae quo tabulae depictae quae in Caesarea Vindobonensi Pinacoteca servantur leviore caelatura aeri insculptae exhibentus ab Antonio Iosepho de Prenner
1728 · etching on paper
A mathematician seated at a table, working on mathematical equations, plate 34 from a portfolio of prints of the Imperial Gallery of Paintings in Vienna
1728 · Etching
A saint seated at a table with his right hand resting on a skull, plate 33 from a portfolio of reproductions of the Imperial Gallery of Paintings in Vienna
1728 · Etching
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- Anton Joseph von Prenner
- Year
- 1683
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6 3/8 x 8 11/16 in. (16.2 x 22.1 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (16.5 x 22.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1683-336145
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified