Josef Platzer
1751-1806
A Palace on the Shore of a Lake. Verso: A Tower Beside a Lake
8 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (216 x 373 mm)
Pencil, pen and black ink, and watercolor, on paper; verso: pencil, pen and brown ink, and watercolor.
1982.75:465
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
Notes
Reproduced by Norbert Bittner in his collection of etchings after designs by Platzer, issued in several fascicles under the title: Theater Decorationen nach den original Skitzen des K.K. Hof Theater Mahlers Joseph Platzer / radiert und verlegt von Norbert Bittner. Vienna : Norbert Bittner, 1816, pl. 169.
Associated names
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography
Brockett, Oscar G. Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States. Antonio, Tex. : Tobin Foundation for Theatre Arts, 2010, page 172, fig. 6.26.
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