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Mud Pies
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This evening scene showing a girl seated on a log watching children making mudpies was painted while Knaus was living in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the background, a swineherd tends his pigs. A preparatory sketch for the child in the center of composition was acquired by the museum in 1982 (Walters 37.2601).
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Provenance
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Anton Ritter von Oeltzelt, Vienna (date and mode of acquisition unknown); sale, 1878, no. 35; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, November 18, 1878 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 465.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2010-2011 | German Drawings from the Walters Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2006 | A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1979 | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/4/1975 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 11/21/1985 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 11/16/2010 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 25 3/8 x W: 43 1/16 in. (64.4 x 109.4 cm); Framed H: 40 7/16 × W: 57 3/4 × D: 5 5/16 in. (102.7 × 146.7 × 13.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.21
