The Artist, Resting with his Guide
1819 · Etching; fourth state
sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 1/16 in. (23.5 x 30.6 cm)
plate: 7 3/8 x 10 5/16 in. (18.8 x 26.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Johann Christoph Erhard
German, 1795
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Johann Christoph Erhard was a German draughtsman whose precise pen and ink drawings explored classical subjects and architectural themes with meticulous linear technique. Active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, his work exemplified the precision and restraint valued in Northern European academic practice. His drawings demonstrate a command of perspective and anatomical form rooted in careful observation from life and antique sources.
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