Villagers at a City Gate Greeting a Dignitary

Provenance

Unidentified collector (blind stamp, EM, Lugt 885); Prof. Dr. Richard Jung, probably Switzerland or Germany [1911-1986] (Lugt undescribed); (Lutz Riester), Switzerland; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Villagers at a City Gate Greeting a Dignitary

Gessner, Salomon

1764

Accession Number

1996.12.10

Medium

etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

Dimensions

plate: 21.5 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.) | sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund