Farmer and His Cart
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 17.9 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 33 cm (9 9/16 × 13 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149559
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Returned from his studies in Vienna and an extended stay in Italy, Klein settled in southern Germany in 1821. There, he continued to produce numerous images of farmers and their livestock. Klein added Nuremberg, his hometown, to the print, and specifically noted that he published it himself. The two cows and a horse seen taking a respite from their labor may also be local residents.
About the Artist
Johann Adam Klein · 1792–1875
Swedish artist, resided in Copenhagen after 1758. Comment on works: genre; lithographer