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Karl Emile Mücke
The Betrothal1873

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Oil painting of two figures in a dim interior — a standing woman in a white cap adjusting a kneeling man's collar near a diamond-patterned tiled fireplace, with a cat on the floor below
Artist or Maker
Karl Emile Mücke
Germany, 1847-1923
Title
The Betrothal
Date Made
1873
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 31 × 26 in. (78.74 × 66.04 cm) Frame: 35 3/4 × 31 1/4 × 2 in. (90.81 × 79.38 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy E. Smith
Accession Number
M.2016.183
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture