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    Museum collections / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Father Hecker Reading Goethe by John La Farge
    John La Farge. Father Hecker Reading Goethe, 1866. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00017248

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    Father Hecker Reading Goethe

    by John La Farge

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    John La Farge (American, New York 1835–1910 Providence, Rhode Island)
    Date
    1866
    Medium
    Charcoal on off-white wove paper
    Dimensions
    6 11/16 x 4 1/4 in. (17 x 10.8 cm)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    Drawing
    Department
    The American Wing
    Credit line
    Gift of Mrs. Samuel M. Hamill, 1990
    Accession no.
    1990.63

    Provenance

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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