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Source Description
This evening scene showing a girl seated on a log watching children making mudpies was painted while Knaus was living in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the background, a swineherd tends his pigs. A preparatory sketch for the child in the center of composition was acquired by the museum in 1982 (Walters 37.2601).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
17414
label
Mud Pies
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
17414
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mud Pies
description
This evening scene showing a girl seated on a log watching children making mudpies was painted while Knaus was living in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the background, a swineherd tends his pigs. A preparatory sketch for the child in the center of composition was acquired by the museum in 1982 (Walters 37.2601).
provenance
Anton Ritter von Oeltzelt, Vienna (date and mode of acquisition unknown); sale, 1878, no. 35; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, November 18, 1878 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 465.
date
1873 (Modern)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
64.4
height
109.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 25 3/8 x W: 43 1/16 in. (64.4 x 109.4 cm); Framed H: 40 7/16 × W: 57 3/4 × D: 5 5/16 in. (102.7 × 146.7 × 13.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right in black: L. Knaus; [Date] Lower right in black: 1873
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8101
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
5046
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EAN
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2152
484
2832
3300
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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