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The Twelve Months Dance in Line to the Tune of Time


Die 12 Monate Tanzen in Reihen nach der Pfeife der Zeit
Picturæ a Fresco in Aedibus Augustæ Vindelic[orum] à Joanne Holtzer Pictore ingenioso
Johann Esaias Nilson (German, 1721–1788)
After: Johann Evangelist Holzer (German, 1709–1740)
about 1765 - 1770

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18198
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schuster 023
DescriptionPlate X, from Picturæ a Fresco in Aedibus Augustæ Vindelic[orum] à Joanne Holtzer Pictore ingenioso (Augsburg, about 1765 - 70).
InscriptionsIn plate, at top right: X
In plate, below image: Die 12 Monate Tanzen in Reihen nach der Pfeife der Zeit, mit der Devise: / Alles hat seine Zeit. / Ein Deckenstück in dem Carlischen Garten Saal in fresco gemalt von Joh: Holzer.
In plate, at lower left: Nilson fec: et excud: Aug: Vind:
In plate, at lower right: Cum Priv. S. C. R. M. Acad. [illeg]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.