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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Head of an Old Man
    Adolph Menzel. Head of an Old Man, c. 1850. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00002397

    Public data from the Art Institute of Chicago. Learn more

    Head of an Old Man

    by Adolph Menzel

    Provenance

    Mrs. L. Gutekunst [Chicago 1978]. Colnaghi, London [label previously on back of work]. Sold by L’Art Ancien, Zürich, to the Art Institute, 1965.

    Exhibition history

    The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Portraits 1600-1900 in The Art Instititute of Chicago," July 8-September 11, 1978, cat. 31, pp. 188-199 (ill.).

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Adolph Menzel / German, 1815–1905
    Date
    c. 1850
    Medium
    Charcoal and pastel on paper
    Dimensions
    15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    chalk
    Place
    Germany
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
    Accession no.
    1965.27

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