The Bear Pit | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M2220
People: Adolph Menzel, German (Breslau, Prussia [now Wroclav, Poland] 1815 - 1905 Berlin, Germany)
Title: The Bear Pit
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Versuche auf Stein mit Pensel und Schabeisen
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1851
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/260518

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

design: 24.8 x 19.6 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

legend: lower margin below image, black ink, lithograph, German: publisher's and printer's identification: Verlag v. CARL MEDER in Berlin Druck v. Korn bei L. Sachse & Cie Berlin

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Dr. Julius Hoffmann, Carlsbad and Vienna (1264), auction sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 1922.
Paul J. Sachs, gift to FAM.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1922
Object Number: M2220
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

German Art of the Latter 19th Century, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/08/1982 - 12/31/1982

Verification Level

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