Allegory of Art
Allegory of Art

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Allegory of Art,

1810

Karl Russ, Austrian, 1779–1843
2004-6

Information

Title
Allegory of Art
Dates

1810

Maker
Karl Russ
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 21 x 29.5 cm. (8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.8 x 33.5 cm. (9 3/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2004-6
Place Made

Europe, Austria, Vienna

Inscription
Initialed and dated in plate, lower right: K BS 1810
Culture
Austrian, European
Type
drypoints, etchings, aquatints, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
putti, artists, figures (representations), allegories, men, women

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