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Musicale at the Prellers'

1838

Friedrich Preller

(German, 1804–1878)
Culture
Germany, 19th century
Medium
graphite
Support
Cream(3) wove paper (J Whatman Turkey Mill), discolored to yellow-brown, laid down on gray wove paper; metallic paper strips mounted to perimeter
Measurements
Sheet: 31.3 x 41.4 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Delia E. Holden Fund 1976.7
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Location
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Description

This drawing depicts an afternoon or evening soirée hosted by Preller, a renowned German landscape painter, and his wife. The piano is the focus of the domestic social gathering. Among the young women gathered around the instrument are two sisters, Malvina and Olinda (with the eye patch), daughters of a professor of aesthetics, Fredrich Bouterweck. Olinda studied painting with Preller and was very close to the artist’s family. Preller’s sons called her "aunt Olinda," and she appears in several of Preller’s drawings from the 1830s and ’40s, easily identifiable by the eye patch.
A horizontally oriented graphite drawing depicts five women with light skin tones wearing long dresses in a domestic interior. At the center, one sits playing a square piano and looks toward us. To our left, a woman stands facing us while another leans over the keyboard. On the right, a woman sits with her back turned, looking toward the player. A fifth woman stands behind the piano. Windows and furniture frame the background.

Musicale at the Prellers'

1838

Friedrich Preller

(German, 1804–1878)
Germany, 19th century

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