Landscape containing four silhouettes
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (9.6 × 13 cm) Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (19.3 × 23.4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Albums
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Martin Fund, 2017
Accession Number
2017.51(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 18th century, Europe grappled with the upheavals of the French, this intriguing etching captures a whimsical yet pointed landscape featuring four silhouettes. Titled *Landscape containing four silhouettes*, the print likely depicts profiles of prominent monarchs: Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussiaoften called Wilhelm II), Catherine II Great of Russia, Maria Theresa (Holy Roman Empress consort and Queen of Naples and Sicily), Francis II, the Holy Roman Emperor. Rendered anonymously by a German artist between 1793 and 1800, the small-scale image (just 3¾ × 5⅛ inches) evokes the era's po...
About the Artist
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany|Catherine II, Empress of Russia|Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily|Anonymous, German, 18th century|Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ( | |Italian|German|Austrian) · 1859 |1729 |1772 |1700 |1768 –1888 |1796 |1807 |1800 |1835
| |Italian, Naples 1772–1807 Vienna| |Austrian, Florence 1768–1835 Vienna