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Opens May 18
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Johann Gottlieb Prestel

German, 1739 - 1808

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Venus Commanding Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1788

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper Accession ID 2018.123.6

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Jupiter and Juno

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1788

etching and aquatint on laid paper Accession ID 2018.123.5

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

etching and aquatint in printed in red-brown and black Accession ID 1948.11.286

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Head of a Man

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

stipple etching Accession ID 1948.11.260

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Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas Tirés de divers célebres Cabinets (Drawings by the Best Painters of Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, Taken from Various Famous Cabinets)

Maria Catharina Prestel, Regina Schönecker, Johann Georg Sturm, Heinrich Sebastian Hüsgen, Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

portfolio with thirty-six etching and engravings (many with aquatint and/or soft-ground etching) printed in colors, plus engraved title page Accession ID 1948.11.259-294

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The Flight into Egypt

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

aquatint and etching in gray and brown Accession ID 1948.11.294

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Saint Barbara

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

aquatint in dark green and etching in black Accession ID 1948.11.279

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Donkey

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

color aquatint and etching Accession ID 1948.11.274

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Saint Jerome

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

etching Accession ID 1948.11.277

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Cows

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

color aquatint and etching Accession ID 1948.11.273

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Head of a Woman

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782-1785

etching Accession ID 1948.11.283

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Sculpture, Painting, Architecture

Johann Gottlieb Prestel

1782

etching Accession ID 1948.11.271

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