Study of a Kneeling Man; verso: Cropped Study of a Standing Man in a Cloak
Medium
Black and red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 7/16 in. (29.2 x 24 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Brigitte Laube Gift, 2009
Accession Number
2009.198a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate double-sided drawing by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld captures the quiet intensity of figure study. On the recto, a man kneels in a moment of contemplation or prayer, his form rendered with fluid lines that suggest both physical weight and inner emotion. The verso offers a cropped glimpse of another figure standing in a cloak, hinting at the artist’s exploration of drapery and posture. Created in black and red chalk on a modest sheet measuring roughly 11½ by 9⅜ inches, the work exemplifies the intimate, preparatory nature of 19th-century draftsmanship. Schnorr von Caro...
About the Artist
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld · 1788–1853
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1788–1853) was a German Romantic painter, engraver, and lithographer who spent most of his life in Vienna, becoming a pivotal figure in the city's artistic circles. Born in Königsberg to artist Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, he trained initially under his father before moving to Vienna at age sixteen. There, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 18...