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The image shows a three-quarter view of an individual with a focus on their upper body. The person is standing in a slightly turned position, holding a glass in their right hand raised to shoulder height. Their face is roughly sketched without distinct features. The hair is outlined without specific details. The person is depicted in a long overcoat with a high collar and a jacket with slightly visible sleeves. The drawing is in pencil on textured, light-brown paper. The background is blank.
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The image shows a three-quarter view of an individual with a focus on their upper body. The person is standing in a slightly turned position, holding a glass in their right hand raised to shoulder height. Their face is roughly sketched without distinct features. The hair is outlined without specific details. The person is depicted in a long overcoat with a high collar and a jacket with slightly visible sleeves. The drawing is in pencil on textured, light-brown paper. The background is blank.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Bearded Gentleman with a Glass of Wine

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller

Date
early 1860s
Medium
black chalk heightened with white on blue paper
Dimensions
sheet: 61.2 x 17.9 cm (24 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2010.41.3
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
Provenance

Henry Strachey; private collection, England. (Crispian Riley-Smith, Skipton, UK); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Le Jeu / (Museé de Lille); upper left on sticker: E; upper right on sticker: 59

Watermarks

MFDT

NGA object ID 150752. 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.