Die betende nonne (The Praying Nun)

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Artist, German, 1807 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1996.9.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Andresen 1878, no. 8, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1878

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

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

JMR

Wikidata ID

Q75394993

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