Rex Tibicen
(The King Flute Player)
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Another Quality Print from
Martin2001
| Type of print: |
Photo-etching (similar to modern offset lithography) - Original vintage antique print
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| Year of printing: |
1892 |
| Artist - Engraver
- Publisher: |
Gerome - n/a - Cassell Publishing Co., New York & Goupil.
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| Condition: |
Excellent - Very good - Good - Fair.
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Overall
dimensions of print:
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Including
blank margins : 10 x 14 inches, (1 inch = 2,54 cm)
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| Type of paper: |
Thick - Heavier - Medium heavy - Slightly heavier - Thin.
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| Reverse side: |
Blank - With text or pictures. |
| Notes: |
1. Green 'border' around the print in the photo below is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed, it
is
not part of the print.
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Narrative:
FREDERICK II.
OF PRUSSIA, surnamed the Great, was born at Berlini 1712- When about twenty-two
years of age (1734) Frederick resided at Rheimburg, where he held a sort
of small literary court, and devoted his leisure to the study of music
and French literature, for both of which he had a keen and lasting admiration.
He corresponded with Voltaire (who afterwards, in 1752, visited Berlin),
and studied with much sympathy the philosophical doctrines which were to
play such an important part in the century. Gerome has painted the Great
King at an advanced period of his life, after he had made his mark in Europe;
he has for a moment thrown aside his political and military concerns, and
returned to his early love-Music. Carlyle informs us that Frederick was
neither a graceful nor efficient player on the flute but what he lacked
in refinement he made up in enthusiasm. The artist has adorned the
king's apartment with a bust of his old friend, Voltaire, who smiles
amusedly at the frivolity, as he would term it of his kingly acquaintance.
The general untidiness of the books and the presence of the fine greyhounds
are in keeping with the king's recorded love for dogs, who, unmolested,
ranged through palaces wherever the king resided, and where the manners
of the camp prevailed.
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