Man in Cap and Coat

1852

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Associated Names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image is a sketch depicting a man standing in a pose with one leg slightly bent. He is wearing a long coat, a cap with a short brim, fitted pants, and simple shoes. The background is plain with a few faint horizontal lines, and the date "May 21st, 1852" is written near the bottom right corner of 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

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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. 34, no. 239.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: May 21st. 1852.

Wikidata ID

Q64559336

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