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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.248
People
Carl Friedrich von Rumohr, German (1785 - 1843)
Title
Studies of Heads
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299643

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink
Dimensions
24 x 20.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, graphite: original by the Baron von Rumorrh / Lindner says "worthy of this renowned man" from the Lindner cabinet at Leipsic 423 in cat.; in red: v. Rumohr; 310 426

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lindner cabinet, Leipzig

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.248
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 27, p. 168

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