The Senior Government Auditor Rudolf Schadow (The Artist's Brother)

1824

Johann Gottfried Schadow

Associated Names
Johann Gottfried Schadow

Artist, German, 1764 - 1850

The image depicts a man standing in a formal outfit with distinct facial features. The man has a relaxed posture, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a cane. He wears a tall top hat, a long overcoat, a waistcoat, trousers, and shoes. There are buildings and trees in the background, with a path lined with vegetation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to image): 28.2 x 17.1 cm (11 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.98.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mackowsky 1936, no. 100, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wilhelm Soldan, Berlin, after 1950 (Lugt undescribed). (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 4-5 June, 1999, no. 6293); (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York, 1999); purchased 1999 by NGA with funds contributed by The Ahmanson Foundation.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1936

  • Mackowsky, Hans. Schadows Graphik. Berlin, 1936.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center of mount verso in graphite: Schadow / M.100 I (von 3)

Wikidata ID

Q75424951

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