Early Morning
c. 1774
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite with touches of white gouache on laid paper, with border line in black ink drawn by the artist
Dimensions
overall (sheet): 32.4 x 24.7 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.) image (to border line): 28.8 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1987.63.1
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...