Identification title(s): two scenes from bürger's poems. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-13. 972. Catalog reference: bauer 504, 505engelmann 232, 233-1(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: on the left a scene based on the poem 'der minnesänger'. In a square in front of a statue, a singer with a harp sits, watched by men, women and children. On the right a scene based on the poem 'das lied vom braven manne'. During a flood, a brave farmer saves a family from drowning. He declines the reward the rich count receives for this. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki (mentioned on object), after own design by: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: berlin. Dating: 1778. Physical features: etching; uncut leaf. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: h 149 mm (cut within the plate edge) × w 185 mm explanation first and second scenes from a series of eight scenes that illustrate the poems of gottfried august bürger. The scenes were etched on two plates. A later version of this series was used in: bürger, gottfried august. Göttingen: johann christian dieterich, 1778. Subject: what: literature minstrel, 'juggler' - cc - out of doorsmonument, statue (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)floodgifts being refused. Who: gottfried august bürger. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: 1778.
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