Ludwig Emil Grimm
1790-1863
Three Young Women Contemplating an Hourglass
1824
5 1/4 x 5 15/16 inches (132 x 151 mm)
Pen and black ink, over graphite, on paper.
1982.16
Purchased as the gift of Eva Drexel Dahlgren, Mrs. Carter Johnson, and Ben Meiselman.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Preparatory for the finished drawing in Munich and the etching (Nagler VI, 127; Andresen V, 129, no. 17)
Preparatory for the finished drawing in Munich and the etching (Nagler VI, 127; Andresen V, 129, no. 17)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with monogram and dated, at lower left, in pen and black ink, "LEG"(interlaced) "/ inv / 1824".
Associated names
Dahlgren, Eva, -1986, donor.
Johnson, Carter, Mrs., donor.
Meiselman, Ben, donor.
Johnson, Carter, Mrs., donor.
Meiselman, Ben, donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 263.
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Century Drawings
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