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Head of a Bearded Man

Adolph Menzel, 1884

MEDIUMGraphite
DIMENSIONS7 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (19.7 x 12.6 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Adolph Menzel

Adolph Menzel, the German Realist, captured everything from the grandeur of Frederick the Great to the quiet intensity of a railway carriage after a night's journey.

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