The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below

1886

Adolph von Menzel

(German, 1815–1905)
Germany, 19th century
graphite with stumping (traces of white paint, lower left, unrelated to composition)
Sheet: 19.9 x 12.6 cm (7 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1976.21
Location: Not on view
  • [Otto Wertheimer]
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (February 1977): 39–78. Reproduced: p. 53; Mentioned: p. 76, no. 79 www.jstor.org
  • The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).
    Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).
    National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
    German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).
    Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
  • {{cite web|title=Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below|url=false|author=Adolph von Menzel|year=1886|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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