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Portrait of Adolf Menzel (1815-1905) (1901)

William Rothenstein

black chalk

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Portrait of Adolf Menzel (1815-1905) (1901)
Portrait of Adolf Menzel (1815-1905) (1901)
Portrait of Adolf Menzel (1815-1905) (1901)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Black chalk

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of Adolf Menzel; half-length seated in a chair in profile to left, the eyes slightly lowered. 1901 Black chalk. Inscribed: "Drawing made in Menzel's/studio, Berlin 1901/Wm Rothenstein".

Dimensions:

29.5 x 24 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.50

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1943; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits

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Artist Bio

William Rothenstein
Portrait of Adolf Menzel (1815-1905) (1901)

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