The Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Bonnet
Max Klinger
ca. 1880–82
Medium
Graphite with pen, brush and ink
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (29.5 x 21.9 cm)(sight)
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, 2007
Accession Number
2007.47
Tags
PortraitsWomen
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 ...