Bürstenkrämer/Vendeur de Brosses (Brush Seller)

1775

Quirin Mark, after Johann Christian Brand

Associated Names
Quirin Mark

Artist, Austrian?, active 18th century

Johann Christian Brand

Artist After, Austrian, 1722 - 1795

The image depicts a person standing and facing slightly to the left. They wear a wide-brimmed hat and a cape draped over their shoulders. The person's garment is adorned with numerous brushes or similar objects across the front and falling down. They have a mustache and long hair flowing from under the hat. The person wears knee-high boots and holds a bundle of brushes and a small broom in their left hand. The background is plain, and the ground is uneven.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47 × 34.3 cm (18 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.16.4

  • Series Title

    Zeichnungen nach dem gemeinen Volke besonders Der Kaufruf in Wien / Etudes prises dans le bas peuple et principalement Les cris de Vienne (Cries of Vienna)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof.; lower right in plate: Gestochen v. Quir. Mark; Bürstenkrämer/Vendeur de Brosses

Wikidata ID

Q77008061

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