Frederick the Great
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Print Maker
content: Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788
label: After
content: Antoine Pesne
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An ovoidal painting of the of the king rises over the Prussian eagle, allegorical figures, weapons, and references to the Arts. A genius flies top left. Caption: "FRIDE-RICVS / Rex-Borussiae Elector Brandeb: Nat 1712. d. 24. Jan. / Antonius Pesne Primus Pictor Regis / Efigiem pinxit Berol[isae]"; "Joh. Esaias Nilson inv. Sc. Et excud. / Aug. Vindel."
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1944-83-11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)