A Young Woman with an Elaborate Hairdo

1823

Carl Barth

Associated Names
Carl Barth

Artist, German, 1787 - 1853

The image is a pencil drawing of a woman. She is depicted showing her head and shoulders, slightly turned to her left. She has delicate facial features with large eyes, a straight nose, and closed lips. Her hair is styled in a high braid secured with a lace-adorned comb. She wears a dress with a high neckline and pleats, accented with lace trim. The background is plain and light in color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with pen and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.7 × 11.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.) (irregular; monogram on tab)

  • Accession Number

    2016.28.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Stiebel, Frankfurt am Main (born 1815) (Lugt 1367); (his sale, F.A.C. Prestel, 10-16 November 1920). Carl Heumann, Chemnitz (born 1886) (Lugt 2481a); (his sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Norman Robert Ketterer, 29 November 1957, no. 10). Sammlung Renker, Düren. (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.S

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: CB (in monogram) 1823; by later hand, upper left verson in graphite: 60755; by later hand, lower left in graphite: ?64/30

Wikidata ID

Q64537845

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