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The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm
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The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm

Medium

Pen and black ink, over graphite

Dimensions

sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 in. (31.9 x 25.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011

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.