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L'Ouie (Hearing) / Georg Balthasar Probst [artwork]

Title: L'Ouie (Hearing) [artwork]
Artist: Probst, Georg Balthasar, 1732-1801
Genre: artwork
Date Created: 18th century
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: 07-07-2010

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