DrawingsGerman19th century
Before Confession
1875
Artists
Adolph MenzelArtist
Dimensions
22.9 x 16 cm (9 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Frau Schwabe, Berlin, by 1890; B. Lippert, Magdeburg, by 1906; Galerien Thannhauser, Berlin; acquired from them through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop (DM 10,600); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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