Greeting Card

Johannes Endletzberger

1810 · Gouache, metallic paint, metallic foil, hand-colored stipple engraving, and embossed and punched paper on silk · Drawings and Prints

Johannes Endletzberger was a well-known maker of Biedermeier-era greeting cards, and his most popular designs included semi-precious materials. This greeting card is a framed collage. The frame is embossed gold paper which has tarnished to a dull green color. Within the frame is a piece of pale blue silk chiffon. Applied to the chiffon is an embossed image of a woman resting on one knee. Her arms reach up to support a gold woven basket of colorful flowers upon on her head. She is dressed in a traditional sari, which is painted yellow, and a blue, gold trimmed shawl covering her head. On the ground, there are numerous plants with green paper leaves and colorful flowers. At the bottom, there is a white paper with an engraved message.

Artist

Johannes Endletzberger

Date

1810

Medium

Gouache, metallic paint, metallic foil, hand-colored stipple engraving, and embossed and punched paper on silk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981