Portrait of an Old Peasant Woman, in Profile to the Right, and Peasant Woman with Closed Eyes

1874, printed 1880

Wilhelm Leibl

Associated Names
Wilhelm Leibl

Artist, German, 1844 - 1900

The image shows two side profile portraits of elderly individuals facing each other. On the left, a man is depicted from the neck up, wearing a dark cap. His face is marked with lines that suggest age, and his gaze is towards the woman on the right. The right portrait presents a woman also shown from the neck up, with her hair pulled back and partially covered. Like the man, her face displays detailed lines and textures emphasizing her age. She is adorned with an earring and wearing a garment fastened with a bow around her neck. The background is plain with no additional elements behind the faces. Both portraits are signed with the name "W. Geets" and dated 1874.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    electrotype on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10 x 16.2 cm (3 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.9 x 27.1 cm (8 5/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.7.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Billeter 1994, no. B7-8 (electrotype mentioned)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1880

  • Koehler, S.R., ed. The American Art Review 1, no. 11 (September 1880). page 483.

1994

  • Billeter, Felix, et al. Wilhelm Leibl: zum 150. Geburtstag. Heidelberg, 1994: B7-8.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: W. Leibl. / 1874; upper left in plate: W. Leibl / 74.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Holland

Wikidata ID

Q75425957

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