Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
1751-1829
The Power of Man
1820
13 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (350 x 444 mm)
Pen and black ink, watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
1988.11
Gift of Mrs. Christian H. Aall in honor of Cara Dufour Denison.
Notes
Drawing is a preliminary design for the painted version in the Weisser Saal of the Herzog Friedrich Ludwig von Oldenburg, 1822. Another drawing is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 2011.26.6.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated, lower left, in graphite, "12 Vv...br 1820/ last mit a fegzeinlunt (?)/ E/ Wilhelm Tischbein".
Associated names
Glüensten, A., former owner.
Grosse, Dr., former owner.
Le Claire, Thomas, former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., former owner.
Grosse, Dr., former owner.
Le Claire, Thomas, former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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