Study for The Making of Glass, The Treasure Hid in the Sand, Plate 363, Physica Sacra
date: label: Date
content: before 1731
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736
label: Author
content: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss, 1672–1733
label: Publisher
content: Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two men are shown making glass on the right inside a small building with a large furnace inside emitting a large amount of smoke. On the left three men appear with heavy loads on their backs. A landscape with a mountain on the left and a winding path that leads to a body of water appears in the background. A couple small houses and a few boats appear in the distance. Figures are dispersed throughout the landscape. The picture is surrounded by an elaborately ornamented frame.
place: label: made in
content: Zürich, Switzerland
label: published in
content: Ulm, Germany
label: published in
content: Augsburg, 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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-110-9
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.3 × 20 cm (11 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)