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Sketch for "Mud Pies"
Ludwig Knaus1873
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Knaus made this drawing in preparation for his painting "Mud Pies" (1873) (Walters 37.21). A graduate of the Düsseldorf Academy, Knaus turned to naturalism and studied in Paris for eight years, where he achieved considerable success. He later served as an instructor at the Berlin Academy.
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- Title: Sketch for "Mud Pies"
- Creator: Ludwig Knaus (German, 1829-1910)
- Date Created: 1873
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Ludwig Knaus (German, 1829-1910)
- Provenance: Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg, Germany [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1982, by purchase.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: pencil on paper
- Exhibitions: A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006., A Medley of German Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996., A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983., German Drawings from the Walters Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2010-2011.
- Dimensions: H: 12 15/16 x W: 19 7/16 in. (32.9 x 49.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Museum purchase, 1982
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.2601
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