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Miscellaneous prints from the Swiss Enlightenment collection.
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Title:
Miscellaneous prints from the Swiss Enlightenment collectionCreator/Contributor:
Hegi, Franz, 1774-1850Creator/Contributor:
Gessner, Salomon, 1730-1788Abstract:
1: woodland or rural scene (numbered "4") by Salomon Gessner, 1775, with two women or nymphs in classical attire -- 2: woodland
scene (numbered "5") by Salomon Gessner, undated, with one woman or nymph in classical attire -- 3: 20th century restrike
of an aquatint by Franz Hegi, 1842, of the Wasserkirche in Zurich in 1479
Date:
ca. 1750-ca. 1850 (issued)Subject:
e-sz---Church buildings -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Pictorial works
Church buildings
Switzerland -- Zurich
Wasserkirche (Zurich, Switzerland) -- Pictorial works
Wasserkirche (Zurich, Switzerland)
Note:
Various artists.
Title devised by cataloger.
Includes two idyllic woodland scenes by Salomon Gessner, each numbered in plate (above image, center): 4 and 5.
Type:
graphicpastoral.
Pictorial works.
Aquatints.
Etchings.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder (3 prints) ; sheets 41 x 34 cm or smaller.
Language:
German