Who created "Bust of Eva Maatz"?

Bust of Eva Maatz was created by Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern in c. 1827.

When was "Bust of Eva Maatz" created?

This artwork was created c. 1827.

What medium is "Bust of Eva Maatz"?

Bust of Eva Maatz is Pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper.

Bust of Eva Maatz

Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern

c. 1827

Medium

Pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

15.3 × 9.7 cm (6 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

109920

Art Historical Context

Visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department will encounter the delicate *Bust of Eva Maatz*, a circa 1827 pen and brown ink drawing by Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern. This intimate portrait, measuring just 15.3 × 9.7 cm, captures the subject's face and shoulders with remarkable precision on ivory wove paper, a smooth surface ideal for fine ink lines that evoke the Romantic era's emphasis on individual expression and emotion. Von Reutern (1794–1871), a Baltic German artist who worked extensively in Russia, was renowned for his portraits and history paintings, blendi...

Bust of Eva Maatz

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