A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family
1841
Artist, German, 1821 - 1842

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite, partially varnished, on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 25.1 x 33 cm (9 7/8 x 13 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.157
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection. (sale, Schneider-Henn, Munich, 14 May 1990, no. 82). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 35, no. 96, under no. 79.
Bibliography
1990
Koschatzky, Walter, and Dietrich Schneider-Henn. Aufstand und Idylle der Biedermeierzeit. Eine unbekannte Bildergalerie in einem gräflichen Album, ca. 1820-1850. Munich and Paris, 1990: no. 82.
Inscriptions
signed and dated at lower right in gray-black ink: Carl Schindler 1841
Wikidata ID
Q64537994