Woman playing the piano, study for "Matinée"

Menzel, Adolph (1815-1905)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1884
Height:
22.4 cm  (8 13/16 in.)
Width:
14.8 cm  (5 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite on cream wove paper

    Item location

  • Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 2002.256]

Description

This item depicts a woman, in fine dress, concentrating intently on playing the piano (roughly sketched) in front of her.

Iconclass

48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
31D15
adult woman

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks from museum website:
Signed: u. l., graphite: A. M.

RIdIM record id

5798