People in Westphalia climbing up a hill on Sunday morning to attend a church service. Engraving by F. Dinger, 1899, after Hugo Becker.
- Becker, L. Hugo (Ludwig Hugo), 1833-
- Date:
- 1899
- Reference:
- 3106244i
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Composition exhibited as : Sonntagsmorgen
Description
On the left, the priest enters the churchyard. A sundial over the church door indicates approximately 8 o'clock. Outside the entrance to the churchyard sit two women and a girl. A family consisting of the husband and wife and a boy, wearing their Sunday clothes, climb the hill towards the church. Other people ascend the hill after them. Each person shown is holding a prayer book or Bible
Publication/Creation
1899
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with etching ; platemark 50 x 66.9 cm
Lettering
Hugo Becker pinxt. Friedr. Dinger sculpt.
Signed in the painting "Louis Hugo Becker D[üsseldor]f"
Edition
[State with attribution lettering only].
References note
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891, vol. 1, p. 62, Becker no. 4 ("Sonntagsmorgen. Im Vordergrund eine alte Linde mit Aussicht in's Tal, von wo Kirchgänger nahen. Motiv aus Westfalen")
Die Kunst für alle: Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur, vol. 14, 1898-1899, Heft 20, 15 Juli 1899, p. 319 ("Düsseldorf. Der Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen. ... Als Vereinsgabe für dieses Jahr wird eine grössere Radierung von Fritz Dinger nach eine Gemälde des langst verstorbenen ausgezeichneten Düsseldorfer Landschaftsmalers Louis Hugo Becker an sämtliche Mitglieder zur Verteilung gelangen."
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3106244i
Reproduction note
After a painting by Becker painted in 1860 and called "Sonntagsmorgen" (Sunday morning)
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