Woman before a Fire

1851

Adolph Menzel

Artist, German, 1815 - 1905

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 x 17.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 in.)
    sheet: 46.4 x 29.9 cm (18 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.9.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dorgerloh, no. 642, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James Bergquist, New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Dorgerloh, A. Verzeichnis der durch kunstdruck vervielfältigen arbeiten Adolf Menzels. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1896.

Inscriptions

lower right plate: Menzel; across bottom, printed below image: Verlag v CARL MEDER in Berlin / Druck v L Sachse & Co Berlin (durch Korn); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Adolf Menzel / Lesende Dame am Kamin / D. 642 / B. 402 II (von III) / H 284 / 8640

Wikidata ID

Q75394997

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