Probably preliminary studies for the extensive commentaries on Homer by the Eutin-based scholar Johann Heinrich Voß (1751 Sommerstorf – 1826 Heidelberg);

Brown ink over preliminary drawing in graphite.

Verso: figure study of Laocoon in graphite, seen from the right-hand side. Probably inscriptions by Tischbein on the verso.

Hand-made paper with watermark: coat of arms, split in two; above this a male knee-length figure with outstretched arms. German around 1800.

Condition: paper yellowed; creases on the edges outside the illustration.

Provenance: Prof. Strack, Berlin; Baroness Ursula Zaborsky von Wahlstätten, Düsseldorf.