Print made by Valentin Daniel Preissler, 1717–1765, German, Der Gute Alchimyst wird nun den Barth Verbrennen, da er zum Schuld-Process die Feder Schneiden muss: Gold Macher!, undated
- Title:
- Der Gute Alchimyst wird nun den Barth Verbrennen, da er zum Schuld-Process die Feder Schneiden muss: Gold Macher!
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (45.4 × 34 cm), Plate: 14 3/8 × 10 1/4 inches (36.5 × 26 cm), Image: 12 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (31.1 × 26 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#3"
Lettered, lower center: "Der gute Alchimyst wird nun den Barth verbrennen, | da er zum Schuld - Process die Feder Schneiden muss: | Goldmacher! wer kan dich beym Licht gluckselig nenen? |dein Beutel bleibet leer, dein Kopf wird woller Russ."; lettered, lower right: "Val Van Preisler Sculpsit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1098
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22788
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