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Allegorical Figure of Europa
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Joseph Werner was born in the Swiss city of Berne in 1637. He was a pupil of Merian in Frankfurt and of Berrettini and others in Rome. Although he specialized in the medium of miniature, he painted finely executed mythological and allegorical subjects as well as portraits. He worked at the French court from about 1666–7, and then for a time in Augsburg and Vienna. In 1682 he returned to Berne, where he founded an academy of painting.
Provenance
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E. F. Bonaventure, New York [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 7/8 x W: 3 1/2 in. (12.4 x 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.65