Corner of a Rustic Barn
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 23.2 x 28.3 cm (9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Andrew Robison, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.193.1
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...