# Lady with the Lute

**Henry Wolf** (born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916)  
1909  
wood engraving on paper  
image: 8 x 6 7/8 in. (20.2 x 17.6 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1973.130.255. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=28019).

## About this work

Henry Wolf made this in 1909, aged 57. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.

### [Henry Wolf](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henry-wolf)

born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916

## Facts

- Type: Graphic Arts-Print
- The artist was 57
- Real size: about 8 × 7 in (20 × 18 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Architecture, Figure female, Music, Domestic, Entertainers, Lute, Dwellings
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1947.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1947/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lady-with-the-lute-si-saam-1973-130-255).