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Artist:
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George Wolfgang Knorr
after I.C. Dietzsch
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Title:
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Tab. IX., from "Muscheln und andere Geschoepffe welche im Meer gefunden werden" (Shells and other creatures to be found in the Sea)
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Date:
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1757-1773
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Medium:
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Etching, hand-colored
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Dimensions:
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7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.37 x 14.61 cm) (image)
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Credit Line:
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The Minnich Collection
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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Location:
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Gallery 316
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These three color plates are a selection from the 190 illustrations that Knorr provided for a marine encyclopedia written by one Professor Müller, a biologist from Erlangen. The success of this work, republished and translated into French, was probably due to the beautiful images of the aquatic fauna, carefully portrayed by Knorr from actual specimens that he could hold in his hands and examine. The artistâs love for their beauty led him to embellish their colors and idealize their forms. The caption âEx Museo Schadeloockianoâ refers to the collection of August Martin Schadeloock (1707-1774), a theologian and a philosopher, parson of the church of St. Lorenz in Nuremberg. Known for his impressive collection of books, he surely owned shells as well, as these prints declare.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Knorr, George Wolfgang
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1705 - 1761
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Name:
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Dietzsch, I.C.
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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No signatures (G.W. Knorr excudit.)
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Classification:
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Prints
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Physical Description:
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Shells
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , , Nuremberg
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Accession #:
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P.19,071
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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