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Source Description
Gerkens was born in the Haag. He was an illustrator, most famously of the "Frauenliebe und -leben" ("A Woman's Love and Life") by Adelbert von Chamisso, a cycle of lyrical poems set to music by Robert Schumann and others.
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Document identity
localId
30459
label
Girl Wading
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
30459
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Girl Wading
description
Gerkens was born in the Haag. He was an illustrator, most famously of the "Frauenliebe und -leben" ("A Woman's Love and Life") by Adelbert von Chamisso, a cycle of lyrical poems set to music by Robert Schumann and others.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1861
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
22.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 x W: 8 13/16 in. (29 x 22.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: J.C. d'Arnaud Gerkens fec 61
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
5438
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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67607601a651d283
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1b008a9f5e11e012
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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4c2ee360bf15e6be
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no
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no