Head of a black man, August 1861

Title

Head of a black man

Draughtsman

• Louis Eysen

Production Place

• Frankfurt am Main

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• charcoal drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• portrait study
• expression study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten rechts (mit Kohle): 8/61

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• [DE] CANSON [FRERES, Fragment]

Work Catalogues

• Vogel 2000.48.5

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1939

Genre

• portrait

Primary

• 61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed

Secondary

• 31D14 adult man
• 31A221 head (human)