Frontispice from Nella Venuta
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.5 × 8.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 9.1 cm (5 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 10.7 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
207730
Art Historical Context
**Frontispiece from *Nella Venuta*** Created in 1764 by Austrian printmaker Franz Edmund Weirotter (3–1771), this delicate etching served as the frontispiece for *Nella Venuta*, an illustrated publication likely evoking arrival or arrival scenes in the spirit of 18th-century traditions. Measuring just 12.5 × 8.2 cm, the image on ivory laid paper captures the intimacy of book art, where such frontispieces introduced readers to a work's themes with elegant visual flair. Weirotter, trained in Vienna and influenced by masters like Rembrandt, excelled in etching—a technique where acid etches des...
About the Artist
Franz Edmund Weirotter · 1730–1771
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