Adolph Menzel
1815-1905
Study of a Prussian Officer, Half-length, from the Rear
1860
10 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches (277 x 149 mm)
Pencil on paper.
1985.73
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Roy O'Connor and Sumner Pingree.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Probably made in connection with Menzel's unfinished painting of 1858, "Frederick the Great's Address to His Generals before the Battle of Leuthen".
Probably made in connection with Menzel's unfinished painting of 1858, "Frederick the Great's Address to His Generals before the Battle of Leuthen".
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with monogram and dated at lower right in pencil, "AM 60".
Associated names
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, former owner.
O'Connor, Roy, Mrs., donor.
Pingree, Sumner, Mrs., donor.
O'Connor, Roy, Mrs., donor.
Pingree, Sumner, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Aus Unseren Mappen, 1981: Zeichnungen des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, 1981, no. 34, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 360.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 360.
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