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Melancholic woman seated amongst foliage (Trauerndes Mädchen im Kraut)

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Melancholic woman seated amongst foliage (Trauerndes Mädchen im Kraut)

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

1830–35

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Image: 14 in. × 18 1/16 in. (35.5 × 45.9 cm) Plate: 15 5/8 × 19 7/16 in. (39.7 × 49.4 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (49.5 × 59 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2022

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

About Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

1759–1835 • Kingdom of Prussia

German, Berlin 1759–1835 Dresden

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