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Object Type
print
Museum number
1848,1221.145
Title
Object:
Die Künste am Brunnen der Poesie
Description
Five figures representing the arts gathered around a fountain, in the centre of a triptych with a peasant couple playing pipes on the left and two knights in armour drinking from a stream at the right. c.1840s Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Friedrich Jentzen
After:
Eduard Bendemann
Published by:
Lüderitz'sche Kunst-Verlagshandlung
Printed by:
Königlich Lithographisches Institut
School/style
German
Italian
Production date
1840-1848
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Berlin (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
502 millimetres
Width:
600 millimetres
(sheet of chine)
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
arts and sciences
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mills
Acquisition date
1848
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1848,1221.145