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A Crouching Apostle (Saint Peter)
A Crouching Apostle (Saint Peter) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Adam von Bartsch. It dates from 1785 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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- Inscribed:lower left in plate: Alb: Durer del:; lower right in plate: A. Bartsch sc: 1785
About this work
Overview
A Crouching Apostle (Saint Peter) is a print created in 1785 by Johann Adam von Bartsch, an Austrian printmaker and scholar. The work is executed in etching and aquatint on laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a kneeling figure, likely Saint Peter, wrapped in flowing robes, with their head resting on their hand. The plain background allows the figure to stand out, conveying a sense of contemplation or sorrow.
Technique & Style
The artist employed a combination of fine lines and shading to capture the folds in the figure's clothing and the relaxed posture of the body, utilizing techniques characteristic of etchings from the late 18th century.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch was an Austrian scholar and artist. His catalogue of old master prints, Le Peintre Graveur is the foundation of print history, and he was himself a printmaker practicing engraving and etching.
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