File:Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz , Prince Rupert of the Rhine - The so-called Little Executioner - Google Art Project.jpg

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The so-called Little Executioner   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz / Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619 - 1682)
Born in Prague. Died in London.
Details on Google Art Project
Title
The so-called Little Executioner
title QS:P1476,en:"The so-called Little Executioner"
label QS:Len,"The so-called Little Executioner"
Object type Mezzotint
Date undated
Medium Schabkunstblatt
Dimensions height: 131 mm (5.15 in); width: 161.60 mm (6.36 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,131U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,161.6U174789
institution QS:P195,Q461277
Accession number
Inv. no. KA (FP) 1574 D
Object history Sammlung der Kunstakademie (NRW)
Inscriptions 2
Notes Detail from the 'Little Executioner', mezzotint by Prince Rupert. Contemporary accounts of the mezzotint process describe it with varying degrees of clarity. The first mention in English was made by John Evelyn in his Sculptura, or the history and art of Chalcography and engraving in copper published in 1662 under the heading 'Of the new way of Engraving, or Mezzo Tinto, Invented, and communicated by his Highnesse Prince RUPERT, Count Palatine of Rhyne, &c.'. Unfortunately the precise details of the process are left 'ænigmatical' but the small volume nevertheless did contain a specimen of the art by Prince Rupert no doubt intended to intrigue the reader". More info at museum site
Source/Photographer HQH_oF8pvtSOVQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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