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The image shows a person with short, light-colored hair wearing a coat and a cap. The person is facing forward with a calm expression. The background is plain. There is an inscription to the left of the person with the date "1828" and the word "Rome."
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The image shows a person with short, light-colored hair wearing a coat and a cap. The person is facing forward with a calm expression. The background is plain. There is an inscription to the left of the person with the date "1828" and the word "Rome."

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Adolf Zimmermann

Carl Oesterley

Date
1828
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 28 x 23.1 cm (11 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.136
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Hat
  • Portrait
  • Man
Provenance

Pastor Oesterley, Arbergen/Bremen (not in Lugt). Hans Geller [b. 1894], Dresden. (Galerie Siegfried Billesberger, Moosinning near Munich). Purchased 19 May 1992 by Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

signed and dated at left in brown ink: 18 cOe [in monogram] 28/Rom.; below that in graphite: Maler Zimerman in Dresden.

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 139268. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.