Dorothée Louise Viedebandt (The Artist's Wife)

1761

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Associated Names
Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Artist, German, 1712 - 1775

The image shows a portrait of a woman with a round face and soft expression. She wears a lace bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, and a scarf around her neck. The woman has a lace cuff on her sleeve and is holding a page in her left hand while her right hand is raised. She also wears drop earrings. The background is textured and monochrome, contrasting with her detailed attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ratjen Foundation

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.2 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 20.2 cm (13 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.188

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rudolf Peltzer, Cologne (1825 - 1910) (Lugt 2231). Wolfgang Ratjen, Vaduz; Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in print: Dorothée Louise Viedebandt / Femme de Georg Friedrich Schmidt, graveur du Roy et membre de / l'Academie Royale du Peinture et Sculpture de Paris, gravé par le même a St. Petersbourg en 1761; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: W. 106 / III

Wikidata ID

Q76439133

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