Johann Sebastian Müller, Eustache Le Sueur, and others
Nero Depositing the Ashes of Britannicus
1764
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Sebastian Müller
- Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
- Printer/Publisher: J. Boydell
Nero Depositing the Ashes of Britannicus
1764
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving with hand coloring, Sheet: 541 x 401 mm. (21 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Image: 440 x 361 mm. (17 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1897
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Le Sueur Pinxt E. Edwards delint"; below image, lower center, in plate six lines of text beginning "Nero depositing the ashes of Britannicus. / From the Original Picture painted by LeSueur,..."; below image, lower right, in plate "J.S. Müller sculpsit"; below image, lower left, in plate "No 17.-"; below image, lower right, in plate "J. Boydell."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "11775" Verso: lower left in graphite indecipherable
Markings: CM: Claghorn
Artist
Johann Sebastian Müller
1714–1784
German, in England, 1715 - after 1785
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