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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5377
People
Ferdinand Kobell, German (Mannheim, Germany 1740 - 1799 Munich, Germany)
Title
The Sleeping Traveller
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Boy Sleeping on the Ground
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243489

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Aquatint on cream wove paper
Technique
Aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 3.2 × 7.2 cm (1 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.)
sheet: 6.4 × 12.2 cm (2 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[transcribed from the original mount]:"Boy sleeping on the ground, Nagler 77"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Stengel 91

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5377
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/09/2023 - 07/10/2023

Verification Level

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