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Carl Schindler

A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family, 1841

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Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite, partially varnished, on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 25.1 x 33 cm (9 7/8 x 13 in.)

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2007.111.157

Artists / Makers

Carl Schindler (artist) German, 1821 - 1842

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Inscription

signed and dated at lower right in gray-black ink: Carl Schindler 1841

Provenance

Private collection. (sale, Schneider-Henn, Munich, 14 May 1990, no. 82). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Stiftung Ratjen

Exhibition History

2010: German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 35, no. 96, under no. 79.

Bibliography

1990: Koschatzky, Walter, and Dietrich Schneider-Henn. Aufstand und Idylle der Biedermeierzeit. Eine unbekannte Bildergalerie in einem gräflichen Album, ca. 1820-1850. Munich and Paris, 1990: no. 82.

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