Frauenräuber (Rape)

1920

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows a group of individuals and a horse. The drawing includes a horse in the foreground with deeply etched lines and shading to convey movement and mass. Surrounding the horse are figures depicted in dynamic strokes, suggesting interaction and narrative. The use of line and shading gives the scene an animated quality, capturing a moment of action with strong contrasts and expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.6 x 29.9 cm (9 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 31.9 x 42.1 cm (12 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 443

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1947 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 27.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 443.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65080680

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