We have 1 artwork by Conrad Hitz online. We have 1824 paintings online.
The painting lives from the effect of the small oil lamp, which shines through the letter and is simultaneously reflected by it onto the figure.
In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
Also known as
The Joyous News
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 74 x 60 cm
Inventory number
88
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by the artist, 1849
Signature
inscr. c. l.: C. Hitz / 1848; on letter: Düsseldorf ... 1848; address on back side of letter: Fräulein / Fräulein ... Mü ...
Inscriptions
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Accession year
1849
Provenance
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About the provenance
State of research 01.01.2007
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 162.