Angelica
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph on heavy laid paper
Dimensions
image: 35.5 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 44.3 x 30.8 cm (17 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Pym Lucas in memory of Frank Epping
Accession Number
1984.16.1
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art are invited to discover *Angelica*, a striking lithograph created by German artist Wilhelm Heise between1876 and 1900. Printed on heavy laid paper—a textured, high-quality support favored for its durability and subtle grain—this work measures 35.5 x 24.8 cm in its image area, with a larger sheet of 44.3 x 30.8 cm that frames the composition elegantly. Heise, active in the late 19th century, exemplifies the era's printmakers who bridged fine art and reproduction. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking after its invention around 1798. He...