Clemens Brentano
1837
Artist, German, 1790 - 1863
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and gray and black ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of the Wolfgang Ratjen Foundation in Honor of Wolfgang Ratjen's 70th Birthday
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Dimensions
sheet: 27.2 × 21.5 cm (10 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2013.183.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany. Gift to NGA, 2013.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
L'Age d'or du romantisme allemand: Aquarelles & dessins à l'époque de Goethe, Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris, 2008, no. 43
Bibliography
1913
Grimm, Ludwig Emil and Adolf Stoll.Erinnerungen aus Meinem Leben. Leipzig, 1913, no. 56.
1943
Grimm, Ludwig Emil and Wilhelm Praesent.Ludwig Emil Grimm: Ein deutsches Bilderbuch. Kassel, 1943, no. 32, repro. pg. 47.
1950
Grimm, Ludwig Emil and Wilhelm Praesent.Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben. Kassel, 1950, pg. 290-292.
1985
Grimm, Ludwig Emil and Egbert Koolman.Briefe. Marburg, 1985, pg. 295.
Grimm, Ludwig Emil, Ingrid Koszinkowski, Vera Leuschner.Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790-1863): Maler, Zeicher, Radierer. Kassel, 1985, fig. 5, repro. pg. 85.
1990
Koszinowski, Ingrid, and Vera Leuschner. Ludwig Emil Grimm: Zeichnungen und Gemälde. Marburg, 1990, no. 354, repro. pg. 165.
2008
Sieveking, Hinrich.L'Age d'or du romantisme allemand: Aquarelles et dessins à l'époque de Goethe. Exh. cat. Paris, 2008, no. 43.
2015
Grimm, Ludwig Emil, Heiner Boehncke and Hans Sarkowicz. Ludwig Emil Grimm: Lebenserinnerungen des Malerbruders. Berlin, 2015, pg. 446
Inscriptions
lower right in black ink: Clemens Brentano ad viv. München 18 Juli 1837
Wikidata ID
Q64594335