PrintsGerman18th-19th century

Small Plant Study

18th-19th century

Artists

Carl Wilhelm KolbeArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on cream wove paper, darkened

Culture

German

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

plate: 9.5 × 14.5 cm (3 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 21.8 × 29.3 cm (8 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Dorette Hildebrand-Staab, Konstanz, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

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