Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unknown German, German
1787
Black and red chalk on laid paper
Sheet: 7 × 5 3/8 in. (17.8 × 13.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice and M. R. Schweitzer
D.964.213
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on verso, in brown ink: J.W.G. / 1787; collection stamp on reverse: Lugt 788b
Course History
ARTH 82, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
German 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2024
German 3.02, Introductory German (cont.), Heidi Denzel, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth Collection, 1978, no.33, p.43
Provenance
Dr. Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943), Rome; [Marthe] Alice (1915-2004) and M. R. [Meyer (Mac) R.] Schweitzer (1911-2006), New York; 1964; given to present collection, 1964.
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