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Conrad Martin Metz
1755-1827
Ulysses and the Sirens
1825
Black chalk, with white, on paper.
15 3/8 x 18 3/4 inches (391 x 476 mm)
Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation.
2000.48
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Signed, inscribed, and dated in black chalk at lower right, "C Metz / Rome / 1825"; inscribed in pen and brown ink at upper right, "Metz", along lower margin, "[?] [illegible]"; "Ulisses; Metz [?] [illegible]"; numbered in pen and ink on verso at lower right, "57".
Watermark: "VAN DER LEY".

Provenance: 
Juan Jorge Peoli (1825-1893; Lugt 2020 and Lugt S. 2020); his sale, American Art Association, New York, 8 May 1894, p. 50, lot 427, Christian Humann.
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Peoli, Juan Jorge, 1825-1893, former owner.
Humann, Christian, 1929-1981, former owner.

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Metz, C. M.
School: 
German
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints