print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1877,0512.145
Title: Object: Die schwermüthige Nonne
Description: A young nun sitting on a bed in her cell at night, covering her forehead with the bedsheet; on the left, a skull and a crucifix on a small altar; on the right, the nun's robe; after Ramberg; illustration to an unidentified edition of Friedrich Kind's works Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Johann Heinrich Ramberg; Print made by: Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt
School/style
Production date: 1800-1840 (c)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 111 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 77 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects: christian monk/nun; monastery/convent; interior
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0512.145

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