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The Mortar (Der Mörser): P.572-2013

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Mortar (Der Mörser)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Greiner, Otto

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of Christopher J. Hobbs, who was given it by Eberhardt Grieb.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2013-10) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1900

Note

First state before the omission of the artist’s inscription and the addition of an inscription with title below (Julius Vogel, Otto Greiners Graphische Arbeiten in Lithographie, Stich und Radierung, Dresden 1917, pp.80-1, no. 77 I).

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Lithograph : Lithograph printed in red-brown ink on Japan paper
Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in reverse

  • Text: Rom. Januar 1900
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: O. Greiner / Rom 25.1.1900.
  • Location: Sheet lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.572-2013
Primary reference Number: 237341
BN Inventaire (17thC): 59.11 bis

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 10 September 2019 Updated: Monday 25 October 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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