Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Self-Portrait with Spider in the Window
1758
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 228 x 181 mm. (9 x 7 1/8 in.)
Image: 209 x 176 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7666
Andaleeb Banta and Joanna Karlgaard, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “The Rembrandt Effect,” December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "George Friderich Schmidt / se ipse facit aqua forti Petropol, 1758." Verso: center in graphite "S"; lower left in graphite diamond with "12431"; lower center in brown ink "171"; lower center in graphite "2"; lower right in graphite "Hsc"; lower right in graphite "16"; lower right in graphite "No 139"; lower right in graphite "141"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
