Johann Adam Klein
German, 1792-1875
The Hungarian Woman Standing in the Door
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Johann Adam Klein
German, 1792-18751817
The Hungarian Woman Standing in the Door
Johann Adam Klein German, 1792-1875 →etchingprint
Date
1817
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15 × 9.9 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 19.6 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Visiting the Hungarian town of Forchtenau (Hungarian: Fraknó) in the area of Lake Neusiedl in 1817, Klein made a preparatory drawing for this print that is now in the Dresden State Art Collections. The artist depicted the woman’s bare feet, basket, and hat in detail while casting stark shadows on her face. These suggest both her rural lifestyle and his own emotional journey at the time, which helped him cope with the recent death of his father.
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