The Holy Family
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 13.7 × 19.8 cm (5 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 14.7 × 20.6 cm (5 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149581
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...