Study of a Grieving Prince
Primary
Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser-Schmidt
(Grafenwörth, Austria, 1718–Stein, Austria, 1801)
NationalityGerman, Europe
Datecirca 1791
MediumOil on paper, incised for transfer
DimensionsSheet: 6 1/2 × 4 in. (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1191
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.1191
On View
Not on viewKremser-Schmidt was the leading painter of religious works in lower Austria. He was also the most capable and prolific etcher of the period in Central Europe. This drawing was the preparatory study for an etching of Louis XVI, king of France, taking leave of his family, which included the Hapsburg queen, Marie Antoinette. This figure corresponds in reverse to that of his grieving young son in the right foreground of the composition
Exhibitions
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