Songs of the Painters with Etchings
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
28.9 × 23.1 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129546
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Rudolph von Normann · 1806–1882
Rudolf Carl Friedrich Ernst von Normann (1806–1882), born in Stettin into the Pomeranian-Rügen noble family Normann, was the son of Prussian lieutenant Carl Wilhelm von Normann and Friedericke Luise von Owstin, who later remarried officer Felix von Borcke, making Prussian lieutenant general Ferdinand von Borcke his half-brother. A family garrison transfer brought the young Rudolf to Düsseldorf in ...