HANS MEYER MARIETTA DA NAPOLI ENGRAVING 1871

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

HANS MEYER (GERMAN, 1846�1919) ORIGINAL ETCHING AND LINE ENGRAVING ON CREAM WOVE PAPER (LATER INCLUDED IN TWENTY-FIVE REMARQUE PROOF ETCHINGS) INSCRIBED IN THE PLATE LOWER RIGHT "HANS MEYER FECIT / NEAPEL. 2 SEPT. 1871" 12.75 X 9.25 IN 16 X 13 IN FRAMED HANS MEYER WAS A DISTINGUISHED GERMAN PAINTER, LINE ENGRAVER, AND ETCHER. TRAINED…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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HANS MEYER (GERMAN, 1846�1919)
ORIGINAL ETCHING AND LINE ENGRAVING ON CREAM WOVE PAPER (LATER INCLUDED IN TWENTY-FIVE REMARQUE PROOF ETCHINGS)
INSCRIBED IN THE PLATE LOWER RIGHT "HANS MEYER FECIT / NEAPEL. 2 SEPT. 1871"
12.75 X 9.25 IN
16 X 13 IN FRAMED
HANS MEYER WAS A DISTINGUISHED GERMAN PAINTER, LINE ENGRAVER, AND ETCHER. TRAINED AT THE BERLIN ACADEMY UNDER EDUARD MANDEL (1863�1871), HE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN ITALY IN THE EARLY 1870S BEFORE RETURNING TO BECOME A PROFESSOR AND FULL MEMBER OF THE PRUSSIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS IN BERLIN IN 1892, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-ETCHERS IN LONDON. IMPRESSIONS OF THIS WORK ARE HELD IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART AND PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART.