Lunch at the Fork (Le Dejeuner à la Fourchette)

1813

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Lunch at the Fork is an important example of Schadow’s work as a caricaturist and watercolorist. This is one of two small-scale watercolors that Schadow refers to in his diary as the beginning of a series of designs for the publisher Carl Weiss. This and its pair, Napoleon's Retreat, were turned into etchings in 1813. They depict Napoleon’s horrific retreat from Russia, a subject with personal meaning for Schadow, who himself had French troops billeted in his house in Berlin. Schadow’s handling is extremely lively and the colors remarkably fresh creating a lightness and energy that belie the subject matter.

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Title: Lunch at the Fork (Le Dejeuner à la Fourchette)
Artist: Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, Berlin 1764–1850 Berlin)
Date: 1813
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 15 9/16 in. (15.4 × 39.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2019
Object Number: 2019.45
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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