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The image shows a detailed sketch of two hands. The left hand is slightly elongated and holds a cylindrical object between the index and middle fingers. The right hand is depicted with a complex grip around a similar object, with additional sketched lines suggesting more elements. A sleeve of a garment is visible near the right hand and the background is a plain, neutral surface. Scattered faint pencil lines and shading add realism and texture to the sketch. An artist's signature is present at the lower left corner.
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The image shows a detailed sketch of two hands. The left hand is slightly elongated and holds a cylindrical object between the index and middle fingers. The right hand is depicted with a complex grip around a similar object, with additional sketched lines suggesting more elements. A sleeve of a garment is visible near the right hand and the background is a plain, neutral surface. Scattered faint pencil lines and shading add realism and texture to the sketch. An artist's signature is present at the lower left corner.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Left Hand Holding a Staff and a Right Hand Holding a Glove and Riding Crop(?)

Paul Meyerheim

Medium
graphite with brown wash on buff wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.8 x 26.3 cm (10 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2011.135.1
Credit line
Gift of C.G. Boerner
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata
Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 25 November 2011, no. 6477); (C. G. Boerner, New York); gift to NGA, 2011.

Inscription

verso: rough graphite sketch of legs

Marks

The artist's studio stamp (Lugt 1814)

NGA object ID 157400. 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.