Woman with the Basket or Potato Harvester
Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 35 × 24 cm (13 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 47.5 × 33.9 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund
Accession Number
2023.61.1
About the Artist
Willem Arnold Witsen
Willem Arnoldus Witsen (1860–1923) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement and the Tachtigers literary circle. Born on August 13, 1860, in Amsterdam, Witsen came from a wealthy and historically prominent family dating back to the governing elite of the Dutch Golden Age, including ancestors Cornelis Jan Witsen and Nicolaes Witsen. This priv...