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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1989.14
People
Theobald Reinhold Freiherr von Oër, German (1807 - 1885)
Title
Kidnapping of Ernst and Albert, sons of Frederick of Saxony, from the Castle at Altenburg
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294691

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and brown, gray, and blue wash over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 39.5 cm (11 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, graphite: von Oer

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1989
Object Number
1989.14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 27, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/04/1998 - 06/28/1998
  • 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2017 - 03/07/2018

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