Joseph Ritter von Führich
1800-1876
Title Page: The Lord's Prayer
1826
9 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (247 x 213 mm)
Graphite.
2017.86:1
Thaw Collection.
Notes
One of nine preparatory drawings for a series of etchings for The Lord's Prayer (Des Gebeth des Herrn), executed by the artist himself, which were first published in Prague in 1826 with accompanying text by Anton Müller.
Titled: Das Gebeth des Hern.
Titled: Das Gebeth des Hern.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil, in top margin center, "0"; in center "Das Gebeth des Herrn"; below center in a plaquette, "OAMDG"; below plaquette, "Joseph Führich invenit. fecit." [fecit crossed out]; verso, upper center, "Nip2 [2 in superscript] fr [square] Grag 1826 Peter Bohman Erben/ omnia ad majorem D'ei gloriam / Alles zu gröβ__ Jar Gottes/ Infrascrip". [two lines of illegible or erased text] [sketch of a facing looking upward].
Associated names
Geller, Hans, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 138, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 36.1, repr.
H. con Woerndle, Joseph Führichs Werks, Vienna, 1914, p. 34.
H. Geller, Das Gebeth des Herrn, Neun Bleistiftzeichnungen zum 'Vater unser.' Berlin, 1958 (facsimile)
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 36.1, repr.
H. con Woerndle, Joseph Führichs Werks, Vienna, 1914, p. 34.
H. Geller, Das Gebeth des Herrn, Neun Bleistiftzeichnungen zum 'Vater unser.' Berlin, 1958 (facsimile)
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