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Monument to Salomon Gessner near Zurich

Monument to Salomon Gessner near Zurich

(German, 1757–1835)
(Swiss, 1780–1861)
1807
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 40.5 × 32.4 cm (15 15/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGeorge Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession number2018.38
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Nach der Natur gezeichnet von J. Senn In plate, at lower center: SALOMON GESSNERS DENKMAL / BEY ZÜRICH. In plate, at lower right: Gestochen von W. Kolbe In plate, at lower right: Zürich bey Trachsler
ProvenanceMay 26, 2016, Auction 107, 15th-19th Century Prints, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, lot 05342, to Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints, Québec; 2018, sold by Jan Johnson Old Master & Modern Prints to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)