Profile of a Man

after 1865

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Associated Names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image shows a pencil sketch of a man's profile, depicting his head and shoulders. The man is facing left, with a straight nose, slightly full lips, a pronounced jawline with sideburns, and glasses low on his nose. His hair has a receding hairline with curls at the top. He is wearing a collared garment, possibly a jacket over a high-collared shirt. The background shows faint handwritten notes and numbers on the sheet around the sketch. There are no additional objects in the image.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rear Admiral Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze (son of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1917; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 35, no. 248.

Inscriptions

upper center in graphite: 75 / 12 / 87 1/2; lower center in graphite: 25 / 160 / 1500 / 25 / 4000; left verso vertically in pen and red ink by unknown hand: Vermicelli / Butter Sauce / Wine to; right verso vertically in pen and red ink by unknown hand: Broiled Chickens M D Hotel / Fried Sage in batter / Veal Kidney Sauté au [not deciphered] / Breast Lamb sauce [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64559343

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