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Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe

Youth Playing a Lyre to a Maiden by a Fountain

1803
etching on heavy wove paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe was nicknamed Eichenkolbem (Oak Kolbe) for his devotion to trees, which he credited with inspiring him to become an artist.

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