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Johannes Brahms, Leipzig

1853

Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

Associated Names

Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

Artist, German, 1815 - 1901

The image depicts a person seated in a chair with a high backrest. Their right elbow is on a table with a patterned cloth, supporting their head. The person has medium-length light-colored hair, wearing a dark suit with a collared shirt and tie. The background is plain and neutral.

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Artwork overview

Medium

salted paper print
Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Dimensions

image: 22.5 × 17.8 cm (8 7/8 × 7 in.)
sheet: 25.7 × 24.4 cm (10 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2022.28.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Handtke Archive, Berlin; Gerd Sander [1940-2021]; (Hans P. Kraus Jr., New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

H.P. Kraus, Inc.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 102073.5

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