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Old Farmer with a Hat

c. 1875/1877

Wilhelm Leibl

Artist, German, 1844 - 1900

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Wolfgang Ratjen Foundation in Memory of Wolfgang Ratjen on the 75th Anniversary of His Birth
Dimensions

plate: 14.92 × 12.07 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 45.4 × 33.97 cm (17 7/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
Accession

2018.129.8
Catalogue Raisonné

Billeter 1994, no. B12, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Munich; Wolfgang Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz; Gift 2018 to NGA.

Associated Names

Stiftung Ratjen

Bibliography

1994

Billeter, Felix, et al. Wilhelm Leibl: zum 150. Geburtstag. Heidelberg, 1994: no. B12, State i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: W. Leibl; lower left verso in graphite: D41

Watermarks

J W ZANDER

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