Head of a Bearded Man
1884 · Graphite · 7 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (19.7 x 12.6 cm)
Menzel, Head of a Bearded Man, 1884. Graphite.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of George Blumenthal, 1916
How to look at a Menzel
- Find the darkest passage and notice it is burnished, not hatched.
- Follow a single edge and see where it is hard, where it is lost, and why.
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