Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Unknown German, German

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1787

Black and red chalk on laid paper

Sheet: 7 × 5 3/8 in. (17.8 × 13.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice and M. R. Schweitzer

D.964.213

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on verso, in brown ink: J.W.G. / 1787; collection stamp on reverse: Lugt 788b

Course History

ARTH 82, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012

ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015

Exhibition History

Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.

Publication History

Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth Collection, 1978, no.33, p.43

Provenance

Dr. Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943), Rome; [Marthe] Alice (1915-2004) and M. R. [Meyer (Mac) R.] Schweitzer (1911-2006), New York; 1964; given to present collection, 1964.

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