Art, literature & historyWoman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind)
1903
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and soft ground etching with graphite, black chalk, and metallic paints on wove paper [trial proof]
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to and within plate mark): 41.7 x 47.2 cm (16 7/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1988.67.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) — Käthe Kollwitz. 1903.
Medium: etching and soft ground etching with graphite, black chalk, and metallic paints on wove paper [trial proof].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to and within plate mark): 41.7 x 47.2 cm (16 7/16 x 18 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1988.67.1. Gift of Philip and Lynn Straus, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
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.