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Self-Portrait at a Table
Also titled Zelfportret aan tafel
Käthe Kollwitz (Königsberg, 1867–1945)
1893
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 178 mm x width 130 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of N. Wijnberg, Heemstede
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Käthe Kollwitz is one of the most famous female artists of the early 20th century, best known for her socially engaged work and numerous, penetrating self-portraits. This one dates from the beginning of her career. Kollwitz depicted herself at a table, seated under a bright lamp. In this way she was able to work out the strong contrasts of light and dark in the etching.
