Design for a Title Page for Sheet Music

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena)
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, red gouache, corrected with white; partially incised for transfer; strips added at top and at right
Dimensions: 12 15/16 x 10 in. (32.8 x 25.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Robert L. Isaacson, 1979
Accession no.: 1979.674.1

The Chronicler (recto and verso)
Max Klinger
April 5, 1888 (recto); April 6, 1888 (verso) · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005102
Wounded Crane with an Arrow in its Breast Before Setting Sun
Max Klinger
late 19th–early 20th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00018668
The Release of Prometheus
Max Klinger
late 19th–early 20th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00018669
Pegasus and the Young Bellephron
Max Klinger
late 19th–early 20th century · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00018670