Friedrich Bernhard Werner
1690-1778
View of a City Street in Breslau(?)
7 x 11 1/2 inches (177 x 292 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite on laid paper. Decorative mount 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (248 x 362mm) Three vertical rules in graphite. Ruled border in pen and black ink. Adhered to old mount at corners.
1961.53
Gift of H.P. Kraus.
Notes
Attributed by H.P. Kraus to Friedrich Bernhard Werner. Acquired as Friedrich Bernhard Werner.
Watermark: Shield.
Watermark: Shield.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed variously above buildings in pen and brown ink; at lower right below ruled border, "F.B.Werner Silg:del[in] [cut off]"; on old mount in graphite, "17-5 x 29"; on fragment of old mount, "112"; on Kraus mount, "Capucin ad S. / Josephucin(?) and Grafl. Sporck = Hans".
Associated names
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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