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Murgian, an African Berber boy, Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Murgian, an African Berber boy

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Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Murgian, an African Berber boy, December 1829 – May 1830

Blatt: 371 x 254 mm

Inventory Number: 5046

Object Number: 5046 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: Murgian, an African Berber boy

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Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Part Number / Total: 8 / 14

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

Material

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pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

study

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet mittig rechts (mit Bleistift): Murgian. Negerknabe aus / Berber nahe bei der Insel / Meroe. unterhalb Sennahr

Watermark: GIO. E. COS. / CINI

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14.07.2026