Richard Menzel Posing in Eighteenth-Century Costume

Adolph Menzel, 1854

The image shows a full-body sketch of a man facing left. His head is turned to the left in profile. His facial features are angular with prominent cheekbones. His hair is thinning on top, longer at the sides and back. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Adolph Menzel ¹
Date: 1854 ¹
Medium: graphite with stumping, heightened with yellow, on brown laid paper ¹
Original: 2,899 × 5,159 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of C.G. Boerner, LLC

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The image depicts swirling lines and sweeping curves in an abstract composition. Within the shapes are hints of familiar structures, including a possible human figure.

The image shows a sketch of a person in a three-quarter view facing left. The individual has their arms crossed or holding something close to the chest. The head is turned away, with hair gathered in a bun. The…

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