Art, literature & historyThe Downtrodden
1900
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and aquatint [the plate cut and printed 1931]
- Dimensions
- plate: 24 x 62.7 cm (9 7/16 x 24 11/16 in.) sheet: 45.1 x 25.8 cm (17 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.211.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Downtrodden — Käthe Kollwitz. 1900.
Medium: etching and aquatint [the plate cut and printed 1931].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 24 x 62.7 cm (9 7/16 x 24 11/16 in.) sheet: 45.1 x 25.8 cm (17 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.211.4. Gift of Grant and Virginia Green.
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.