Art, literature & historyFarmer and His Cart
1834
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 17.9 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 33 cm (9 9/16 × 13 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2013.383
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Farmer and His Cart — Johann Adam Klein. 1834.
Medium: Etching in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 17.9 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 33 cm (9 9/16 × 13 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Returned from his studies in Vienna and an extended stay in Italy, Klein settled in southern Germany in 1821. There, he continued to produce numerous images of farmers and their livestock. Klein added Nuremberg, his hometown, to the print, and specifically noted that he published it himself. The two cows and a horse seen taking a respite from their labor may also be local residents.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.