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Title
Jacob Graf Durazzo
Names
Schmutzer, Jakob Mathias, 1733-1811 (Engraver)
Meytens, Martin van, 1695-1770 (Artist)
Wagner, Joseph, 1706-1780 (Engraver)
Paulussen, Richard (Engraver)
Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst (Vienna, Austria) (Publisher)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1870 - 1879 (Approximate)
Place: Wien
Publisher: Gesellschaft f. vervielf. Kunst
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Sch J Dur 1
Topics
Durazzo, Giacomo, 1717-1794
Genres
Prints
Portraits
Notes
Statement of responsibility: M. van Meytens pxt. ; Schmutzer und Wagner sct. ; photogravure R. Paulussen, Wien.
Content: On pedestal: Le C[omte] Jacques Durazzo, ambassadeur imperial a Venise en MDCCLXV.
Statement of responsibility: Druck & Verlag der Gesellschaft f. vervielf. Kunst in Wien.
Acquisition: Gift; Walter Toscanini, 1970.
Biographical/historical: Among his many achievements, Count Giacomo Durazzo was appointed director of the imperial theatres in Vienna in 1754. He fostered Christoph Willibald Gluck's reforms of the Italian opera.
Physical Description
Photogravures
Photomechanical prints
Extent: 1 photomechanical print : photogravure, b&w ;41 x 31 cm., plate mark 34 x 24 cm.
Description
Reproduction of an engraving. Half-length portrait of Count Giacomo Durazzo, an eighteenth-century diplomat, collector, and patron of the arts. He is seen with his right hand resting on a portfolio, his left gesturing towards a bookcase in the background.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
French
German
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825770190
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19760315
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 92f28240-0104-0135-b116-0f648f2b9598
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1733: Creator Born
  • 1811: Creator Died
  • 1870: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jacob Graf Durazzo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870 - 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a06155c0-01d1-0135-0f29-6b4e45b19578

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jacob Graf Durazzo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a06155c0-01d1-0135-0f29-6b4e45b19578

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1870 - 1879). Jacob Graf Durazzo Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a06155c0-01d1-0135-0f29-6b4e45b19578

Wikipedia Citation

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Jacob Graf Durazzo