Woman with a Letter
1750–1800
Sigmond Freudeberg
Sigmond Freudeberg (Swiss, 1745–1801)
Drawings
Woman with a Letter, 1750–1800. Attributed to Sigmond Freudeberg (Swiss, 1745–1801). Watercolor and gouache with point of brushwork; overall: 32.5 x 22.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); sheet: 23.5 x 14.7 cm (9 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2017.217 An elegantly dressed woman stands at the center of the composition. She carries a plate with a tea cup and saucer in one hand while she holds a letter, marked with a prominent red seal, up to her lips with the other. This drawing captures the woman in mid-action as she tiptoes across the room.
- Maker/Artist
- Sigmond Freudeberg
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Watercolor and gouache with point of brushwork
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, point, brushwork
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.5 x 22.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23.5 x 14.7 cm (9 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2017.217
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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