Man Reading a Book
Salomon GessnerWW-1764-005703
1764·Etching on cream laid paper·Plate: 21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 28 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1764
- Dimensions
- Plate: 21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 28 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Salomon Gessner
Artist
Salomon Gessner
Painting
Salomon Gessner was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
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- Salomon Gessner
- Year
- 1764
- Dimensions
- Plate: 21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 28 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1764-005703
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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