The Letter
Johann Eleazar Schenau
Artist, German, 1737 - 1806
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Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
The Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Memorial Fund in memory of Judith Rothschild
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Dimensions
overall: 32.5 x 23.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1998.36.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; (Kunsthandel Schlichte Bergen, Amsterdam); purchased 1998 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left (near chair leg) in red chalk: Schenau; by later hand (?), lower right in graphite: Schenau del
Wikidata ID
Q64581900