Amor und Psyche [Opus Va]
1880, this edition printed 1893/1907
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Medium
portfolio with 15 sheets of etchings, some with aquatint and roulette on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 42.7 × 32 × 1 cm (16 13/16 × 12 5/8 × 3/8 in.) plate: 36.3 × 27.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.5 × 31.3 cm (16 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
2015.113.1.1-15
About the Artist
Max Klinger · 1857–1920
Max Klinger, born on February 18, 1857, in Leipzig to a wealthy family, emerged as one of Germany's most innovative artists across painting, sculpture, printmaking, and graphics. Demonstrating early talent, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1874 as a pupil of Karl Gussow, following his teacher to the Berlin Academy upon Gussow's appointment as director, and graduated in 1877 ...