The Orphanage

Painting

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Drexel Founding Collection

#13, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2016

#13, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2016

Name/Title

The Orphanage

Entry/Object ID

13

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Anthony J. Drexel, Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 1893 Credit Line: Bequest of Anthony J. Drexel Means of Accession: Bequest

Made/Created

Artist

Otto Piltz

Date made

circa 1879

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall Dimensions: Framed

Height

38-1/4 in

Width

56 in

Dimension Description

Canvas Dimensions: Unframed

Height

33-5/16 in

Width

50-7/8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The artist has shown the children in the orphanage saying a prayer before the meal. Piltz shows minute details of the clothing and surroundings of the orphanage. Each child's face is individualized. c. 1890

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Otto Piltz studied at Weimar and first exhibited in 1877. This type of representation is unusual for the 19th century in that the life of orphans is not sentimentalized. Piltz shows a bleak existence in detail and each childs face is individualized.