Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767, L'Antiquaire, undated
- Title:
- L'Antiquaire
- Additional Title(s):
Das Alterthum
The Antiquarian- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 1/16 inches (42.9 x 33.1 cm), Plate: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm), Image: 14 15/16 x 12 1/2 inches (38 x 31.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "KHK 73"
Lettered, lower left: "L'Antiquaire. | Dans le Dedale obscur des monumens antiques, | Home Docte, a grands frais, pourquoi t'embarasser? | Notre siecle, a des yeux vrayment philosophiques, | Offre assez deqyoi s'exercer."; lower right: "DAS ALTERTHUM. | Kan die gelehrte Welt schon von antiquitaten, | bey der Nachkomenschafft gar vieles ruhmen an: | so konten wir doch mehr von wrustern zeiten reden, | was man von grober Kunst noch taglich sehen kan. | J. Jac. Haid Exec Aug Vind."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1423
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- antiquarian | antiquary | bench | books | cabinet | eyes | fire | genre subject | humor | librarian | magnifying glass | monkey (animal) | parody | satire | scholar | smoke | studying | table | tassels
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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