Lesender Mönch (Priest Reading)

1916

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image depicts a person from head to thighs. The individual is looking down at something they are holding. The facial features are simple, with a defined nose and eyes closed or looking down. The hair is short and the person is clad in a buttoned shirt. They are holding something rectangular, possibly a book or tablet, with both hands. The background is plain and lacks detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 x 4.2 cm (7 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 x 24.1 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.282

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 294

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Schaefer, Montevideo, Uruguay; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1950; acquired 1951 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 36.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 294.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Markings

stamped verso in black ink: COMISION NACIONAL DE MUSEOS / Y MONUMENTOS HISTORICOS / JOSE LUIS BUSANICHE / SECRETARIO GENERALE

Wikidata ID

Q65361498

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