Art, literature & historyThe Ploughmen
1906
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching, aquatint, and soft-ground
- Dimensions
- plate: 31.5 x 45.7 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.) sheet: 40.4 x 55.8 cm (15 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.19.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Ploughmen — Käthe Kollwitz. 1906.
Medium: etching, aquatint, and soft-ground.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 31.5 x 45.7 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.) sheet: 40.4 x 55.8 cm (15 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.19.3. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Gray.
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.