DrawingsGerman19th century

Before Confession

1875

Artists

Adolph MenzelArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gouache on cream wove paper adhered to cream card

Culture

German

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

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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