DrawingsGerman19th century

Head of a Woman

1894

Artists

Adolph MenzelArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite with stumping on cream wove paper

Culture

German

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.9 x 12.9 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Scott and Fowles, New York]; acquired from them by Grenville L. Winthrop, April 1923 ($350); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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