Friedrich Bernhard Werner
1690-1778
View of a City Street in Breslau(?)
7 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (181 x 289 mm); decorative mount 9 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (252 x 358 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite on laid paper. Three vertical rules in graphite. Adhered to old mount.
1961.52
Gift of H.P. Kraus.
Notes
Attributed by H.P. Kraus to Friedrich Bernhard Werner. Acquired as Friedrich Bernhard Werner.
Watermark: Crowned shield with posthorn inside. Watermark, beta radiograph. shield, coat of arms, crown, post horn. 249717wm_1961_52_WM_beta.jpg
Watermark: Crowned shield with posthorn inside. Watermark, beta radiograph. shield, coat of arms, crown, post horn. 249717wm_1961_52_WM_beta.jpg
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed variously above buildings in pen and black ink; at lower right below ruled border, "F.B.Werner Silg:d[elin] [cut off]", and at lower center in graphite, "pr 9x[?]"; on old mount at lower center in graphite, "Friedrich Bernh. Werner / +1778", at lower right, "17x18-8"; on fragment of old mount, "113"; on Kraus mount at lower right, "Nostizsche (?) Haus / Schaffgotsche Haus / (Schls. Grafen - Fam.)".
Associated names
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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