Walhalla
Karl Barth
1852 - 1856
Medium
steel engraving
Dimensions
195; 302
About this artwork
Afkomstig uit de portretserie 'Walhalla, eine Gallerie der Bildnisse der Zierden des Menschengeschlechts', uitgegeven tussen 1852-1856.
About the Artist
Karl Barth · 1787–1853
Karl Barth (also known as Carl Barth or Johann Carl Barth, 1787–1853) was a versatile German artist who worked as a copperplate engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and portrait engraver during the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Born in Eisfeld in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and dying in Kassel, Barth exemplified the multi-talented artist-craftsman of the Roman...