Ariadne Forsaken, 18th/19th century

  • Angelica Kauffman, Swiss, 1741 - 1807
  • Ephraim Gottlieb Kruger, German, 1756-1834

Engraving printed in black on wove paper

  • Plate: 17 × 12 3/4 inches (43.2 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 27 7/8 × 22 3/8 inches (70.8 × 56.8 cm)

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.67

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

In plate, lower left: Angelica Kauffmann pinx.; lower right: E. G. Kruger Sculp. Dresde.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Angelica Kauffmann / della Galleria Electorale / di Dresda. / Alto 3. piedi 5, oncie, Largo 2. piedi 10. oncie.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Angelica Kauffmann / de la Gallerie Electorale / de Dresde. / Haut 3. pieds 5. pouces, Large 2. pieds 10. pouces.; in black ink below Electorale, lower right: 1742-1807. / (Coire); lower center: Ariadne abandoned by Theseus; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard. / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 48

Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 319.

Ephraim Gottlieb Kruger; after Angelica Kauffman, Ariadne Forsaken, 18th/19th century, engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.67.