Portrait of an Old Woman (Porträt einer Greisin)

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This funerary stela, the oldest in this exhibition by several centuries, shows a boy who died when he was three. His father, a Roman soldier, was stationed near Alexandria. His Egyptian mother is not mentioned. The child’s costume and pose are Roman, but his long sidelock of hair is traditionally Egyptian, as are the jackal god Anubis and the falcon god Horus above his head. The griffin in the lower right corner represents the classical goddess Nemesis, who controlled life and death.
Caption
Ludwig Meidner German, 1884–1966. Portrait of an Old Woman (Porträt einer Greisin), 1920. Drypoint on laid paper, Image (Plate): 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 11/16 in. (40 x 29.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of J. B. Neumann, 37.427. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.427_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Portrait of an Old Woman (Porträt einer Greisin)
Date
1920
Geography
Place made: Germany
Medium
Drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image (Plate): 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 11/16 in. (40 x 29.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Lower right in graphite: "LMeidner"; lower left in graphite: "Greisin"; bottom center later addition graphite: "LUDWIG MEIDNER" Verso center in graphite: "37.427"
Markings
Verso stamped center: "BROOKLYN MUSEUM/BROOKLYN, N.Y." in rectangle (Lugt 307b)
Credit Line
Gift of J. B. Neumann
Accession Number
37.427
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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