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The Clockmaker's Daughter

A painting by Ilse Brenn, exhibited 4 April 1874. Awarded the Museum Gold Medal.

The work

  • Oil on canvas. 113 by 169 cm.
  • Shows the Reed Line at dawn, with no figures.

A painting, work no. 805. The Museum holds it and lends it to the regions on the usual terms.

The prize

8 December 1874, Vellmar: Ilse Brenn wins the Museum Gold Medal for The Clockmaker's Daughter. Report.

The creator

Ilse Brenn, postal worker, born 2 December 1851 at Bruchberg; died 4 August 1885. The creator is entered in the civil register as a postal worker of Bruchberg; the Encyclopedia article gives the rest.