A man dying in a Swiss chalet, his wife holding his hand and looking at their child. Lithograph by J.F. Hasler, 1862, after A. de Meuron.
- Meuron, Albert de, 1823-1897.
- Date:
- 1862
- Reference:
- 643613i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Right, a bedside chair on which are the dying man's clothes and a medicine bottle. On the back wall, a gun and other hunting equipment, and a print of the Holy Family. Left, the child in a cradle: the cradle is carved with the date 1730
Publication/Creation
Baden (Aargau, Switzerland) : Herausgegeben v. F. Hasler, 1862 (Mun̈chen [Munich] : Gedr. b. Hanfstaengl)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph ; en chine 32.4 x 37.3 cm
Lettering
Der sterbende Gatte. Vereinsblatt des Bernischen Kunstvereins pro 1862. Gemalt von Albert Meuron. Auf Stein gez. u. herausgegeben v. F. Hasler in Baden.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 643613i
Reproduction note
Presumably after: painting "L'époux mourant", said by Bénézit to be in Berne Museum (E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, Paris 1999, vol. 9, p. 553)
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores