Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Girl Wading
1861
watercolor on paper
Gerkens was born in the Haag. He was an illustrator, most famously of the "Frauenliebe und -leben" ("A Woman's Love and Life") by Adelbert von Chamisso, a cycle of lyrical poems set to music by Robert Schumann and others.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 11 7/16 x W: 8 13/16 in. (29 x 22.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1265