Eyerweib (Egg Seller)

1775

Johann Georg Mansfeld, after Johann Christian Brand

Associated Names
Johann Georg Mansfeld

Artist, Austrian, 1764 - 1817

Johann Christian Brand

Artist After, Austrian, 1722 - 1795

The image depicts a woman standing upright. She holds an egg up to one eye. The woman has detailed facial features, a cap on her hair, and wears a long-sleeved dress with an apron and a cape. Two containers filled with eggs are around her feet. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 × 24.5 cm (13 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 34.5 cm (18 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.16.21

  • 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: lower left in plate: Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof.; lower right in plate: Gestochen v. J. G. Mansfeld ; lower center in plate: Eyerweib./Vendeuse d'oeufs.

Wikidata ID

Q77008106

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