About the Artwork
The Prophet Isaiah
1783
Adam von Bartsch (Artist) Austrian, 1756-1821 Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Artist) Italian, 1591-1666
Etching and engraving printed in brown ink on laid paper
Plate: 12 3/8 × 11 5/8 inches (31.4 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (40 × 31.8 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S99.503
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: A. Bartsch sc. 1783. Mars. Inscribed, lower left: Guercino da Cento inv.
Stamp, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)
Provenance
May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Adam von Bartsch; after Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), The Prophet Isaiah, 1783, etching and engraving printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S99.503.
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