Family with Picnic Baskets
Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.2 × 11 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 19.5 cm (7 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129601
Art Historical Context
**Family with Picnic Baskets (1820) by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carfeld invites visitors into a tender, everyday moment of 19th-century domestic bliss. This intimate lithograph, printed on wove paper, depicts family gathered with picnic baskets, evoking Romantic era's fondness for nature, leisure, and familial bonds. Measuring just 8.2 × 11 cm, the image's small scale enhances its personal, almost pocket-sized charm, perfect for collectors of the time. Schnorr von Carolsfeld, a German artist active in the early 19th century, was part of a generation embracing lithography—a revolutionary m...
About the Artist
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1788–1853
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1788–1853) was a German Romantic painter, engraver, and lithographer who spent most of his life in Vienna, becoming a pivotal figure in the city's artistic circles. Born in Königsberg to artist Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, he trained initially under his father before moving to Vienna at age sixteen. There, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 18...