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Print Collection, by Louis Viet, 1854

Print Collection

Louis Viet

1854

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

Print Collection is a 1854 by Louis Viet, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Louis Viet
When & what style?
1854 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print is a theater poster from the 1850s. It shows Wilhelm Kaiser as Richelieu in a play called Mondecaus. The print is number 45 in a series. Someone printed it in Berlin at the Royal Playhouse. A publisher named Eduard Bloch handled the release. It’s signed by Louis Viet. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more prints like this.

The story of this work

Overview

A print from Louis Viet's 1854 collection shows Wilhelm Kaiser depicted as Cardinal Richelieu in *Mondeca*, published by Eduard Bloch. The work is numbered 45 and includes the inscription "Königliches Schauspielhaus zu Berlin" beneath the number.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Louis Viet

This 19th-century printmaker left behind a small set of mid-1800s etchings and woodcuts gathered in the Print Collection, documenting daily life and fashion in crisp lines and shaded tones.

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