Portrait of the Brothers Konrad and Franz Eberhard
Johann Anton Alban Ramboux
1817–1827
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.7 × 34.4 cm (12 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37 × 44.6 cm (14 5/8 × 17 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
This print depicts a closely cropped portrait of twin brothers; one stares at the viewer while the other gazes off to the side. This compositional type, popular during the Romantic era in Germany (around 1790–1830), was known as a Freundschaftsbild or “friendship picture” because it focuses on the connections and expressions shared between two individuals.
