DrawingsGerman19th century

Head of a Bearded Man Facing Right

1893

Artists

Adolph MenzelArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite with touches of black ink and white chalk(?) on beige wove paper

Culture

German

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.3 x 11.6 cm (7 3/16 x 4 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Scott and Fowles, New York]; acquired from them by Grenville L. Winthrop, April 1923 ($350); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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