Two Male Heads in Profile to Right
1765–1810
Medium
Offprint made from red chalk drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1/4 x 17 15/16 in. (59 x 45.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.228.14
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Art Historical Context
In the late 18th to early 19th century, Austrian artist Jakob Matthias Schmut captured the elegance of human form in *Two Male Heads in Profile Right*, a striking offprint derived from a red chalk drawing Schmutzer, a master engraver and director of's Imperial Printing Office, renowned for his precise reproductive prints and portrait studies, bridging the Rococo and Neoclassical eras. Created between 1765 and 1810, this work reflects the period's fascination with classical profiles, evoking ancient Roman coins and Renaissance sketches while showcasing Enlightenment ideals of rationality and in...
About the Artist
Jakob Matthias Schmutzer · 1733–1811
Comment on works: copper engraver