Die betende nonne (The Praying Nun)

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Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.6 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

sheet: 37.7 x 30.3 cm (14 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Andresen 1878, no. 8, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1996.9.4

Artists / Makers

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (artist) German, 1807 - 1863

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center plate: J.WS; across bottom printed below image: Schirmer scul. / DIE BETENDE NONNE VON SCHIRMER.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1095; by later hand, upper left in graphite: HY 368 / 0; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: die betende nonne. / Andresen No. 8

Provenance

William Karrmann, Cincinnati; (James A. Bergquist, Boston, MA); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.
Karrmann, William

Bibliography

1878: Andresen, Andreas. Die deutschen Maler-Radirer (peintres-graveurs) des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, nach ihren Leben und Werken. 5 vols. Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1878.