Harvard Art Museums > 2022.229.2: Spring Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Spring (Johann Phillip Koch)(After Johann Esaias Nilson) , 2022.229.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/375645. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2022.229.2 People Johann Phillip Koch, German (c. 1716 - 1796) After Johann Esaias Nilson, German (Augsburg 1721 - 1788 Augsburg) Title Spring Other Titles Original Language Title: Le Printemps Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1752-1755 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/375645 Physical Descriptions Medium Mezzotint on off-white antique laid paper Technique Mezzotint Dimensions plate: 25.1 × 36.5 cm (9 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.) sheet: 28 × 39 cm (11 × 15 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower left, in plate: Un beau bouquet de fleurs me fait un grand plaisir, / Et je de tout mon coeur à mon amant le donne. / Ah! quand à mon coté, pour me bien diverstir, / Il conte ses amours, alors je le couronne. / [illegible text] Nilson inv. et del. N.o 129. inscription: in plate, lower center: Le Printemps. / Der Frühling. inscription: lower right, in plate: Der Blumen bunter Schuck macht ungemein vergnugt, / Wen sich ein schönes Kind an selbigen ergözet, / Und es, wen Coridon an seiner seite light, / Durch winen Liebes-Trieb ihm einen Kranz auf'sczet. / Ioh. Phil. Koch. excud. A.V. inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: SB 2887 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Simon Beattie, Chesham], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints Accession Year 2022 Object Number 2022.229.2 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works 2022.229.1 Johann Phillip Koch Winter Prints 2022.229.3 Johann Phillip Koch Summer Prints 2022.229.4 Johann Phillip Koch Autumn Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
