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Sketch of a Monk and a Woman

Maurycy Gottlieb

Basic information

ID: Г-V-687
Author: Maurycy Gottlieb
Name: Sketch of a Monk and a Woman
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Technique: drawing
Material: paper pencil
Dimensions: 16 x 9.8 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: genre art
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Maurycy Gottlieb
Artist's lifetime: 1856–1879
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: Maurycy Gottlieb (1856, Drohobych – 1879, Krakow) was a Polish painter of Jewish origin. He studied at the art academies of Vienna and Krakow and was a pupil of Jan Matejko. He painted historical and religious compositions based on the Talmud and the Bible and was known as a portraitist.

Object description

The sketch depicts a young monk seemingly leaning his ear against the wall and listening intently. With his right hand, he holds the hand of a girl in a headscarf, who stands behind him. At the bottom of the sheet is a faintly outlined sketch of a head. On the reverse side is a profile sketch of a bearded man seated in a crown and mantle. The drawing is crossed out.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right is the artist's signature: "M. Gottlieb".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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