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Erde
The Elements
Earth
Erde
The Elements
Christian Bernhard Rode (German, 1725–1797)
1784
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (approximate): 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2017.302
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Jacobs 224a; Nagler 179
Signed
Lower left, in plate: B. Rode / 1784
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Erde
ProvenanceProbably descended in the Demel family, Vienna, to Anna Demel (b. 1872–d. 1956), Vienna, and then to her niece, Klára Demel (d. 1965) and her husband, Friedrich Ludwig Berzeviczy-Pallavicini (b. 1909–d. 1989), Vienna and New York; about 1990, sold in New York after Berzeviczy-Pallavicini’s death to Michael R. Weintruab, Inc. (dealer), New York; 2017, sold by Michael R. Weintraub to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 19, 2017)