The Hungarian Woman Standing in the Door
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15 × 9.9 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 19.6 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129482
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Visiting the Hungarian town of Forchtenau (Hungarian: Fraknó) in the area of Lake Neusiedl in 1817, Klein made a preparatory drawing for this print that is now in the Dresden State Art Collections. The artist depicted the woman’s bare feet, basket, and hat in detail while casting stark shadows on her face. These suggest both her rural lifestyle and his own emotional journey at the time, which helped him cope with the recent death of his father.
About the Artist
Johann Adam Klein · 1792–1875
Swedish artist, resided in Copenhagen after 1758. Comment on works: genre; lithographer