Self-Portrait

Franz KrügerWW-1820-328809

1820·Lithograph on cream wove paper·Sheet: 25.5 × 20.5 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Gift of Ralph Horween

Catalogue

Year: 1820
Medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 25.5 × 20.5 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Franz Krüger

Artist

Franz Krüger

Printmaking

Franz Krüger, known as Pferde-Krüger ("Horse-Krüger"), was a German (Prussian) painter and lithographer. He was best known for his romantic and lively portraits and pictures of horses, which made him the most in demand military and portrait painter in Berlin. His paintings of military parades and hundreds of portraits led to him painting many of the "well-to-do" of the city.

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