Head of a Young Man
Gustav Heinrich Naeke
c. 1818
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 28.5 x 22.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
1999.21.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Gustav Heinrich Naeke · 1786–1835
Gustav Heinrich Naeke (1786–1835) was a German history painter, portraitist, and draughtsman whose career bridged the academies of Dresden and the vibrant community of German artists in Rome. Born in Frauenstein, Saxony, he trained at the Dresden Academy, where he studied under the neoclassical painter Friedrich Heinrich Füger and later came under the influence of Ferdinand Hartmann, a professor t...