Maria Katharina Prestel

Selected Works

An elderly man with a lined face, balding head, and loosely-draped tunic sits on the ground and leans on one elbow. The entire image has an aqua-blue tint to it.

Diogenes

1779
Maria Katharina Prestel after Giorgio Vasari, Diogenes, 1779. Aquatint and soft-ground etching printed in green and black, 18.3 x 26.4 cm. National Gallery of Art, 1948.11.272
National Gallery of Art

A sepia-toned image of a nude, bearded manreclining on a throne. A large bird with spread wings sits at his feet, and one hand appears to be holding fire or flames.

Jupiter

1781
Maria Katharina Prestel after Giulio Romano, Jupiter, 1781. Aquatint and etching in dark and light brown, 25.2 x 18.2 cm. National Gallery of Art, 1948.11.268
National Gallery of Art

A small road leading toward a wooded area is depicted in sepia tones. Along one side of the road is a small rocky rise, and two of the nearest trees appear to be standing dead with no leaves and stripped bark.

Wooded Landscape

1782
Maria Katharina Prestel after Herman Saftleven, Wooded Landscape, 1782. Etching and aquatint with color, 28 x 24 cm. British Museum
British Museum

A sepia-toned image depicting two boats, one larger with multiple masts and one smaller with a single mast and two oars, in the foreground. In teh distance, several more boats with tall masts and sails are visible without much detail.

Seascape

1782
Maria Katharina Prestel after Willem van de Velde the Younger, Seascape, 1782. Etching and aquatint, 16 x 23 cm. National Gallery of Art, 1948.11.291
National Gallery of Art

Two young people kneel in front of a pair of gravestones in a run-down churchyard. Two goats are grazing nearby, and the church just beyond appears to be partially collapsed and ruined.

Country Churchyard

1790
Maria Katharina Prestel after Thomas Gainsborough, Country Churchyard, 1790. Aquatint, 51.8 x 62.6 cm. Yale University Art Gallery, 1952.15.47
Yale University Art Gallery

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