Study of a Man Seen from the Back, and Studies of Hands

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.92
People: Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, Swiss (Geneva 1766 - 1847 Morillon, France)
Title: Study of a Man Seen from the Back, and Studies of Hands
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th-19th century
Culture: Swiss
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298654

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite, black crayon, and white chalk on light brown paper
Dimensions: 19 x 23.7 cm (7 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Dr. Paul Ganz, Basel, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1933

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor Paul Ganz of Basel, Switzerland
Accession Year: 1933
Object Number: 1933.92
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 456, fig. 230

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