Head of an Old Man

Prints and Drawings

c. 1850

Adolph Menzel
German, 1815–1905

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel
Title: Head of an Old Man
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1845–1855
Medium: Charcoal and pastel on paper
Dimensions: 15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
Reference Number: 1965.27
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “European Portraits 1600-1900 in The Art Instititute of Chicago,” July 8-September 11, 1978, cat. 31, pp. 188-199 (ill.).

Mrs. L. Gutekunst [Chicago 1978]. Colnaghi, London [label previously on back of work]. Sold by L’Art Ancien, Zürich, to the Art Institute, 1965.

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