Mädel mit Waldholz (Peasant Girl Carrying Wood)

1775

Catherine Brandinn, Friedrich August Brand, Johann Christian Brand

Associated Names
Catherine Brandinn

Artist, Austrian?, active 18th century

Friedrich August Brand

Artist, Austrian, 1735 - 1806

Johann Christian Brand

Artist After, Austrian, 1722 - 1795

The image shows a woman in profile carrying a heavy bundle of logs on her back. She wears a cloth on her head, a long skirt, a blouse with rolled-up sleeves, and sturdy shoes. The setting is natural with sparse vegetation and a log on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.4 × 24.5 cm (14 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 34.4 cm (18 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.16.15

  • 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

Exhibition History

2023

  • Making her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2023-2024, no. 146.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof.; lower center: v. Cath.Im Kupfer geazt. v. Cath. Brandinn; lower right in plate: Mit dem Griffel ausgemacht v. F. Brand; lower center in plate: Mädel mit Waldholz/Paysanne, qui port du bois.

Wikidata ID

Q77008088

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