The Battle of the Pictures

Public Domain

Artist / maker

William Hogarth (etchers)

Date

1744 - 1745

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Hogarth used this print in 1745 as an entrance ticket to an auction of his own work which he organised himself.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker William Hogarth VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 200 x 215 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 1958-V-6
Description
Subject symbolism (artistic concept)
Tags fighting Iconclass, picture within picture Iconclass, Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa) Iconclass, flying Iconclass, floating in the air Iconclass, easel Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1958-V-6
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2619/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1958-V-6
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