Vinzenz Priessnitz
name: label: artist
content: Hofelich, Johann
label: printer
content: Ruprecht
label: depicted
content: Priessnitz, Vinzenz
notes: label: Description
content: Vinzenz Priessnitz (1799-1851), a peasant farmer in Silesia, is now considered the father of modern hydrotherapy. This portait of him was attributed to Ruprecht, and printed by Johann Hőfelich in Vienna.
label: Description
content: The portrait is surrounded by an oval frame composed of branches holding vignettes related to water and bathing. Posiden holds a trident in one hand and a glass in his other hand; and Putti pour cornucopias of water over bathers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0016
label: catalog number
content: M-06247
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 940
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Other Terms
content: print; ART OBJECTS
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: white (overall color)
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content: lithography (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 cm x 30.6 cm; 15 3/4 in x 12 1/16 in