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Object Type
print
Museum number
1884,0308.58
Title
Object:
Abendkreis der Herzogin Amalie
Description
Soiree at the house of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, with five men and five women seated whole-length around a table, reading, drawing or sewing; their names written below the image; after Kraus. Etching
Producer name
After:
Georg Melchior Kraus
Published by:
Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung
School/style
German
Production date
1792-1840
Production place
Published in:
Leipzig
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
167 millimetres
Width:
220 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Portrait of:
Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
Portrait of:
Charles Gore
Portrait of:
Heinrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel
Portrait of:
Johann Heinrich Meyer
Portrait of:
Luise von Göchhausen
Portrait of:
Johann Gottfried Herder
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
F Thimm & Co
Acquisition date
1884
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1884,0308.58