Italian Peasant Woman with a Broom

Johann Caspar Weidenmann

Associated Names
Johann Caspar Weidenmann

Artist, Swiss, 1805 - 1850

The drawing depicts a person from the knees up, in a seated or resting posture with one knee raised. The person looks upwards slightly with a contemplative expression. The facial features are distinct, with a furrowed brow and high cheekbones, beneath a head covering that drapes around their head and shoulders. The hair is mostly hidden by the cloth. The person is dressed in an intricately detailed garment, featuring layered and textured fabrics with decorative elements. In their hands, they hold a large bundle of sticks or a thatch, grasped near their chest. The background is plain, emphasizing the detailed linework of the figure and their attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51.9 x 35.8 cm (20 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.136.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (similar to K.E. Hasse, Lugt 860). Mr. August Laube, Zurich; purchase 1991, by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: J.C.W.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: No 7870; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Weidemann / Widemann / (not deciphered) +1850 447.

Wikidata ID

Q64581880

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