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Head of a Young Farmer's Wife

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Object Information
  • Title: Head of a Young Farmer's Wife
  • Series/Portfolio: Original Radierung, published by Gurlett, Berlin (n. 34 of an edition of 100)
  • Artist: Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (German, Cologne 1844–1900 Würzburg)
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 16 3/8 x 12 in. (41.6 x 30.5 cm)
    plate: 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (6 x 7.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.10.1(10)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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