A Woman at her Toilet with a Maid, a Boy, a Dog and a Young Soldier; verso: A Sketch for a Similar Composition

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau German

1770

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Title: A Woman at her Toilet with a Maid, a Boy, a Dog and a Young Soldier; verso: A Sketch for a Similar Composition
Artist: Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau (German, Grossschönau (Gross-Schönau) 1737–1806 Dresden)
Date: 1770
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolour, over black chalk or graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 3/16 in. (34.1 x 23.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift and Mary Oenslager Fund, 2008
Object Number: 2008.506
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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