Art, literature & historyThe Promise
1920
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- drypoint
- Dimensions
- plate: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 27.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1980.45.1318
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Promise — Hans Meid. 1920.
Medium: drypoint.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 27.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1980.45.1318. Rosenwald Collection.
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.