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The Surviving Horatian
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The Surviving Horatian

first half 19th century

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink, by the artist

Dimensions

sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (23.5 x 32 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1783–1853Kingdom of Denmark

Known for his minutely detailed portraits with a Neoclassical sense of clarity and line. He was an influential teacher at the Copenhagen Academy from 1818 where he introduced painting from nature. Danish painter.