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Source Description
Emanuel Leutze was born in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the state of Württemberg in southern Germany. His family immigrated to the United States while he was a child, living first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before settling in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1840, sales of his early work enabled Leutze to study at Düsseldorf and then Munich. Leutze returned to America in 1851 on the occasion of the exhibition of what was to be his most popular work, Washington Crossing the Delaware (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). It is not known if this drawing of two women in classical dress relates to a specific painting by Leutze, but he used the pose, which derives from antique statuary, in several other compositions.
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Document identity
localId
40001
label
Woman Weeping at the Feet of Another
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
40001
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Woman Weeping at the Feet of Another
description
Emanuel Leutze was born in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the state of Württemberg in southern Germany. His family immigrated to the United States while he was a child, living first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before settling in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1840, sales of his early work enabled Leutze to study at Düsseldorf and then Munich. Leutze returned to America in 1851 on the occasion of the exhibition of what was to be his most popular work, Washington Crossing the Delaware (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). It is not known if this drawing of two women in classical dress relates to a specific painting by Leutze, but he used the pose, which derives from antique statuary, in several other compositions.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.8
height
20.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/4 × W: 8 1/16 in. (24.8 × 20.4 cm); Mat H: 19 1/4 × W: 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] at lower left: E. Leutze 59
med
pencil on paper
creator_ids
7640
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2832
3271
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1
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0
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photo
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