Käthe KollwitzGerman, 1867–1945Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis)” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1943.3.5276
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Käthe Kollwitz
The whole lifeOctober 1914
A long depression after the loss of her son
The loss of her child began a stage of prolonged depression in her life.
22 October 1914
Her son Peter is killed at the front
Her younger son, Peter, was killed on the battlefield of the First World War. He is buried in Belgium, in the Vladslo German war cemetery.
1917
A jubilee exhibition at Paul Cassirer’s
On her fiftieth birthday the galleries of Paul Cassirer mounted a retrospective of one hundred and fifty of her drawings.
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