Old Man Praying
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
c. 1812
Medium
Graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
30 × 20.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
29906
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Johann Friedrich Overbeck · 1789–1869
**Johann Friedrich Overbeck** (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter and a founder of the Nazarene movement. Born in Lübeck into a prominent Protestant family—his father, Christian Adolph Overbeck, was a doctor of law, poet, mystic pietist, and burgomaster—he received early classical and artistic instruction at the local Gymnasium under his uncle. Overbeck left Lübeck in 1806 to st...