1753
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Artist's Wife Sewing is a 1753 ink by Georg Friedrich Schmidt, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a woman holding a piece of fabric. She’s sitting, her hands busy with sewing, and her hair is pulled back neatly. The lines around her face and clothes are sharp and detailed, but the background is just a textured pattern. The artist used a technique that lets them carve into the metal plate to create the lines. This kind of drawing was often made to be copied or shared. Look up etching to see how this kind of print was made.
Georg Friedrich Schmidt was a German engraver, etcher and pastel painter, in the Rococo style.
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