Girl Carrying a Basket of Fruit
Salomon GessnerWW-1770-282880
1770·etching on laid paper·plate: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
sheet: 28 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1770
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 28 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- 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
- 1770
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 28 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1770-282880
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
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- Status
- verified