Simplicius in the Solitude of the Forest, plate ten from Intermezzos

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Simplicius in the Solitude of the Forest, plate ten from Intermezzos, 1881. Etching on paper.

Etching on paper · Image: 22.9 × 39.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Simplicius in the Solitude of the Forest, plate ten from Intermezzos
Artist: Max Klinger German, 1857-1920
Date: 1881
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 22.9 × 39.5 cm (9 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Chine: 25.6 × 41.9 cm (10 1/8 × 16 1/2 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 42.5 cm (10 7/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 62.7 cm (17 11/16 × 24 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Simon Lowinsky and Nikki Arai
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1857–1920

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.