Conversation Piece
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper, laid down on old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 18 × 21.9 cm (7 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.) mount: 21.9 × 28 cm (8 5/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John O'Brien
Accession Number
2015.161.2
About the Artist
Sigmund Freudenberger
Sigmund Freudenberger (1745–1801) was a Swiss painter and engraver renowned for his delicate Rococo scenes of rural life and everyday elegance. Born on June 16, 1745, in Bern to a lawyer father, he began his artistic training early as a portraitist. He apprenticed under the Swiss painter Emanuel Handmann before embarking on a formative trip to Paris around 1766 with his friend, the artist Adrian Z...