Art, literature & history
The Artist's Wife Sewing
1753
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching with engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 12 x 9.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 12.3 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2003.73.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Georg Friedrich Schmidt. The Artist's Wife Sewing. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Artist's Wife Sewing — Georg Friedrich Schmidt. 1753.
Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 12 x 9.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 12.3 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2003.73.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.