Rütlischwur, RP-P-OB-77.427, Johann Gottlieb Prestel, between 1757 and 1794

Identificationtitle(s): rütlischwur. Object type: print print drawing object number: rp-p-ob-77. 427. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: maria catharina prestel artist: albrecht dürer (mentioned on object), publisher: johann gottlieb prestel. Dating: 1757 - 1794. Physical characteristics: print drawing in etching. Material: paper technique: etching / print drawing. Dimensions: top: h 233 mm (cut off within the plate edge) × w 164 mm (cut off within the plate edge) explanation number 1 from the picture album 'dessins des meilleurs peintres d'italie, d'allemagne, et des pays-bas, tirés de divers célebres cabinets. Gravés d'apres les originaux de même grandeur par jean théophile prestel'. Nuremberg: j. G. Prestel, 1783. Subject: what: revolutionaries taking the oathhelved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting). Rütlischwur. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1757 and 1794.