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L'Ouie (Hearing) / Georg Balthasar Probst [artwork]
- Title
- L'Ouie (Hearing) [artwork]
- Artist
- Probst, Georg Balthasar, 1732-1801
- Date Created
- 18th century
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- 12 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches (32.3 x 43.8 cm.)
- Artist nationality
- German
- Artist role
- engraver
- Inscription
- Recto: u. c.: (in reverse) L'Ouie; u. r.: 173; l. c.: Auditus. L'Ouie. L'Udito. Das Gehör.; l. r.: Med. Folo. No. 45.; l. r.: Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V. ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Clark, Feb. 14, 1930 / $4 00; l. l.: C575/602
- Medium
- Etching, hand-colored with watercolor.
- Condition
- Good condition. Unlined, but appears to have been lined or attached to a backing or support, now removed, because there are traces of white paper(?) adhered to the verso. Support probably removed prior to its acquisition by Miller in 1930, because of pencil inscription upper left: Clark, Feb. 14, 1930. Small edge tears along bottom edge and one at top edge, mended; deep crease, about 4 inches, top center.
- Provenance
- The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 14 Feb. 1930.
- Instrument
- Flute, Trumpet, Timpani, Violin, French horn, Organ, Harpsichord, Double bass, Bass viol
- Century
- 18th century
- Subject
- Musical group
- Miller category
- Miscellaneous Art - Statues
- Miller ID
- 0209/T
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014