Cupid (Amor)
Max Klinger
1878/1880
Medium
etching in black on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 14.3 x 26.6 cm (5 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 34.6 x 53.1 cm (13 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
1995.82.10
About the Artist
Max Klinger · 1857–1920
Max Klinger, born on February 18, 1857, in Leipzig to a wealthy family, emerged as one of Germany's most innovative artists across painting, sculpture, printmaking, and graphics. Demonstrating early talent, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1874 as a pupil of Karl Gussow, following his teacher to the Berlin Academy upon Gussow's appointment as director, and graduated in 1877 ...