The Widow
Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel, German, 1815 - 1905
1887
Etching on chine collé mounted to wove paper
Impression: 11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (62.9 × 44.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Louis G. Barrett
PR.960.102.2
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: Adolph Menzel/87.
Provenance
Dr. & Mrs. Louis G. Barrett, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1960.
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