Johann Adam Klein
German, 1792-1875
Farmer and His Cart
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Johann Adam Klein
German, 1792-18751834
Farmer and His Cart
Johann Adam Klein German, 1792-1875 →etchingprint
Date
1834
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 17.9 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 33 cm (9 9/16 × 13 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
Returned from his studies in Vienna and an extended stay in Italy, Klein settled in southern Germany in 1821. There, he continued to produce numerous images of farmers and their livestock. Klein added Nuremberg, his hometown, to the print, and specifically noted that he published it himself. The two cows and a horse seen taking a respite from their labor may also be local residents.
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