Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)
Max Klinger
1878
Medium
Pen and ink on blue paper
Dimensions
sheet: 7 x 4 in. (17.8 x 10.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Robert Isaacson Collection, Gift of James David Draper, 2001
Accession Number
2001.621
Tags
BirdsMenWomenDogsFlowers
About the Artist
Max Klinger · 1857–1920
Max Klinger, born on February 18, 1857, in Leipzig to a wealthy family, emerged as one of Germany's most innovative artists across painting, sculpture, printmaking, and graphics. Demonstrating early talent, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1874 as a pupil of Karl Gussow, following his teacher to the Berlin Academy upon Gussow's appointment as director, and graduated in 1877 ...