(Probably a model for a print)

Graphite, edging lines in light brown, 293 x 313 mm (sheet), 265 x 286 mm (motif).

Condition: Paper rather rippled, a fox mark on the left-hand edge of the picture.

Provenance: Prof. Johnen (Quedlinburg)

Pupil of Peter von Cornelius in Düsseldorf and Munich and after 1837 court painter to King Ludwig I of Bavaria also employed by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in Berlin from 1847. He created frescoes based on historical themes for the latter in a "historical-symbolic" style. In addition, he also produced an increasing number of sketches and illustrations from the 1830s onwards, which were extremely well-received by the middle-classes.

Literature on the sketches of Wilhelm von Kaulbach:
Birgit Kümmel (ed.), Wilhelm von Kaulbach als Zeichner, Museumskatalog, Bad Arolsen 2001