The preceding three paintings are by Hasenclever, for whose fame they laid the foundation. Their idea is taken from a popular German poem, called the "Jobsiade," caricaturing the career of a German student and German universities, sixty years ago. No. 4 is the sketch of No. 105, a larger painting, containing more figures, and which has obtained a European reputation. It is being engraved on copper, and the plate is now nearly finished. The impression underneath was taken in 1849, to test the progress of the plate. Subscriptions will be received at the exhibition room. The prices have been fixed lower than perhaps ever before done for a copper-plate print of the same size and with so many figures. [Pp. 5-6; see entries 05170003 and 05170004 for other works noted in this commentary. See entry 05170102 for the larger version of No. 4 noted in this commentary.]
Catalogue of a Private Collection of Paintings and Original Drawings by Artists of the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. New York: George F. Nesbitt, Printer, cor. Wall and Water Streets. 1850.
Artist address: Dusseldorf.
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