The Artist: Imanuel-Heinrich Lengerich (Germany, 1790-1865).
Intermediate draftsman: Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau (Germany, 1799-1862).
Engraver: Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (Germany, 1785-1846).
Title: Altarbild der St. Jacobi Kirche in Stettin.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and Dated in plate: gemalt v. H: Lengerich; gez. v. Lindau; gest. v. Ruscheweyh. Altarbild der St. Jacobi Kirche in Stettin.
Dimensions: Sheet 15 3/8" x 11 1/4". Mat 20" x 13."
Date: 1820 - 1846 (?)
Materials and Techniques: engraving in an outline manner on wove paper.
Mat and Frame: matted.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano.
Identifier: bdh0000053457.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano.
- The print is particularly remarkable because all altars and artworks inside the Kirche were destroyed by the bombs and ensuing fire in 1944.