The Brothers Eberhard

1822

Johann Anton Ramboux

(German, 1790–1866)

Culture

Germany, 19th century

Medium

lithograph printed in black and gray

Support

Medium to heavy weight wove paper

Measurements

Sheet: 32.1 x 34.7 cm (12 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.); Image: 31.7 x 34.2 cm (12 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2002.63

Catalogue raisonné

Dussler 1, Winkler 1975, no 648.2

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

This lithograph was printed in only a few impressions, as a gift for the sitters.

Description

Johann Anton Ramboux belonged to a group of artists called the Nazarenes, who lived a pious lifestyle and emulated the draftsmanship of early masters such as Albrecht Dürer. This print demonstrates their interest in drawing through Ramboux’s careful modeling of two profiles in light and shade. The sitters were brothers and artists who worked in the same circle as Ramboux. He made the lithograph for the Eberhards as a Freundschaftsbild (friendship portrait)—a type of image given between 19th-century artists to commemorate a relationship.