Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)
Julius Schrader
1859
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62 1/2 x 54 3/8 in. (158.8 x 138.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of H. O. Havemeyer, 1889
Accession Number
89.20
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Julius Schrader · 1815–1900
Julius Friedrich Antonio Schrader was born on June 16, 1815, in Berlin, Prussia, the son of the painter, copyist, and restorer Antonio Schrader. He began his artistic training at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin from 1830 to 1832, laying the foundation for his career in historical and portrait painting. Seeking further refinement, Schrader moved to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1837, where...