Sampler
Anna Wakker
1882
- Medium
- embroidery; silk on cotton
- Dimensions
- Overall: 48.6 x 41.3 cm (19 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Sampler
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
About
Orphaned as a child, Anna was sent to Burgerweeshuis (Citizen's Orphange) where she created this sampler. She embroidered not only her own name, Anna Wakker, but also the names of her parents, Everhard Marinus Wakker and Catharina Ronde.