The Brothers Eberhard (1822): Art, History and Details

The Brothers Eberhard (1822) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Johann Anton Ramboux (German, 1790–1866).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Johann Anton Ramboux belonged to a group of artists called the Nazarenes, who lived a pious lifestyle and emulated the draftsmanship of early masters such as Albrecht Dürer. This print demonstrates their interest in drawing through Ramboux’s careful modeling of two profiles in light and shade. The sitters were brothers and artists who worked in the same circle as Ramboux. He made the lithograph for the Eberhards as a Freundschaftsbild (friendship portrait)—a type of image given between 19th-century artists to commemorate a relationship.

Object facts

• Title: The Brothers Eberhard
• Date: 1822
• Creator attribution: Johann Anton Ramboux (German, 1790–1866)
• Culture: Germany, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph printed in black and gray
• Dimensions: Sheet: 32.1 x 34.7 cm (12 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.); Image: 31.7 x 34.2 cm (12 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2002.63

A detail from the museum

This lithograph was printed in only a few impressions, as a gift for the sitters.

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

Further reading listed by the museum

• Marchetti, Elena, and Stéphane Paccoud. Hippolyte, Paul, Auguste: lLs Flandrin, Artistes et Frères. [Lyon]: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; [Paris]: In Fine, 2021.

View the collection record

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