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Game of Hoops on the Castle Terrace
Artist:
Date:
1851
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
24 x 18.1 cm (image); 47.6 x 35.8 cm (sheet)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:
Auction purchase at Galerie Gerda Bassange, Berlin, 05/04/1965, no.790
Accession Number:
1965.68.43.3
Acquisition Date:
1965-05-04
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
A palatial terrace with a grove of trees beyond. Elegantly dressed men and women cavort at hoop tossing. The highlight figure of a putti blows on a conch.