Portrait of the Artist's Father

Not on View

Medium

watercolor with touches of varnish on light brown wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 24.2 x 21.7 cm (9 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1994.74.2

Artists / Makers

Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz (artist) German, 1783 - 1855

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in pen and brown ink: maler Moritz Natur sohn gemalt; by later hand, center verso in pen and brown ink: Portrait / Moritz, maler / peint par son fils / Neuchâtel; by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: [?] / O. Wessner.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 36359

Provenance

I.O. Wessner (1851-1921), Saint-Gall, Switzerland (Lugt 2562a); (August Laube, Zurich); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Laube, August
Wessner, I.O.