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Allegory of Art and Wealth

(Swedish (worked in Britain), 1749–1818)
about 1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 10.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 19.9 x 22.3 cm (7 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nicolaas Teeuwisse OHG
Accession number2016.372
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsAt bottom center, in brown ink: Leicester Street Leicester Fields
ProvenanceBy 2015, sold by a unidentified art dealer, London, to Nicolaas Teeuwisse (dealer), Berlin; 2016, gift of Teeuwisse to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2016)