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Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-ALBRECHT VON HALLER-ALPS-Dunker-Storklin-1795
DESCRIPTION
Description: From: 'Des Herrn Albrecht von Hallers Alpengedicht. Nebst einer Naturhistorischen Beschreibung der Alpen, von ebendemselben : Mit 10 Vignetten von Dunker = Les Alpes. Poeeme De M. De Haller, avec Une Description Physique Des Alpes par le meme', Bern, Bern Typographische Societa?t, 1795. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johan Joseph Storklin' after 'Balthazar Anton Dunker'. Johann Heinrich Storklin / Storchlin (1687-1737) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Augsburg. Balthazar Anton Dunker (Swiss; 1746-1807), a landscape painter and etcher, was born at Saal, near Stralsund.
- Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Alb. A. Haller, aet 69' - This print shows shows a view of the Alps with the portrait of Albrecht von Haller. Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, poet and naturalist. He was a pupil of Herman Boerhaave, and is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology".
- Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 22.9 x 18.4 cm. The image size is ca. 22 x 18.3 cm.
- Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 9 x 7.2 inch. The image size is ca. 8.7 x 7.2 inch.
- Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.