Portrait of Frank Duveneck
date: label: Date made
content: 1879
name: label: original artist
content: Chase, William Merritt
label: graphic artist
content: Unger, William
notes: label: Description
content: In 1879 William Unger, a Vienna-based artist, etched this reproduction of William Merritt Chase’s 1876 portrait of friend and fellow painter Frank Duveneck, titled <I>The Smoker</I>. Duveneck is wearing a Dutch-style hat and smoking a long Dutch clay pipe as he holds a portrait print after Frans Hals. Unger etched many prints after Hals and other old masters as well as after contemporary artists like Chase. His etchings were published widely in both Europe and the United States. Some appeared loose in portfolios so that they could be framed or set up on an easel for study.
label: Description
content: Frank Duveneck (1848–1919), son of German immigrants, began his art studies in the United States. Dissatisfied with the experience, he went to Munich in 1870 to attend classes at the Bavarian Royal Academy, where he met William Merritt Chase in 1872. He and Chase became close friends and Chase made several portraits of Duveneck during their years in Munich.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Pisano, Ronald G.. William Merritt Chase in the Company of Friends
label: Related Publication
content: McCann, Clarence David, Jr.. The Ripening of American Art: Duveneck & Chase
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ferris Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14974
label: catalog number
content: 14974
label: accession number
content: 94830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: Etching
label: Object Type
content: Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 24.5 cm x 13 cm; 9 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 26 cm x 16 cm; 10 1/4 in x 6 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 31 cm x 23.5 cm; 12 3/16 in x 9 1/4 in