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Print, Elevation of Interior Wall Decoration with Fireplace

This is a Print. It was designed by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II and print maker: I. W. Meil. It is dated 1753 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

  • Mirror
  • carved, gessoed and gilt wood, mirror glass, metal.
  • Gift of Unknown Donor.
  • n-a-5062

Its dimensions are

40 × 64 cm (15 3/4 × 25 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: J. M. Hoppenhaupt Senior inv.

Cite this object as

Print, Elevation of Interior Wall Decoration with Fireplace; Designed by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II (German, 1709–ca. 1778); Print Maker: I. W. Meil (German); Germany; etching and engraving on white laid paper; 40 × 64 cm (15 3/4 × 25 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-221-11

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