# First Steps

- By: Franz Ludwig Catel (German, Berlin 1778–1856 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1820–25
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (47.6 x 37.4 cm)
- Culture: German
- Credit line: The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438629)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP169443.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)