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
Men
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...