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WILHELM FRIEDRICH GMELIN (GERMAN, 1760-1820) AFTER GASPARD POUSSIN (FRENCH, 1615-1675)
"IL TEMPORALE DEL PUSSINO" (1813)
Engraving on paper
Item # C104052
A well-preserved untinted engraving on paper published circa 1813 executed by Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin after the original painting by Gaspard Poussin of Il Temporale del Pussino. The same engraving is held in the permanent collection of the Harvard Art Museum, the present example is a very fine impression with clear details and well-preserved margins. It is professionally mounted and hung in a contemporary giltwood frame.
Notes:
- See Harvard Art Museum for same engraving (acc. no. G1648)
Measurements: 23 1/2" H x 27 7/8" W x 1 5/16" D [frame]
Condition Report:
Moderate foxing mostly isolated to the margins with only minor spotting to the field; areas of smudging and discoloration to the margins; a few spots of discoloration in the image (note, the blue-ish discoloration is an aberration in the lens of the camera); very minor old creasing; professionally mounted on paper in a contemporary giltwood frame.