DrawingsGerman18th century

Diogenes and Alexander; verso: Caricatures of a Cat

18th century

Artists

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on white paper; verso: black chalk

Culture

German

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27 x 18.5 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Lindner collection. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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