Study of a Standing Man with Headcloth and Two Studies of his Hands

Wilhelm Schadow German

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Finely executed with a silvery graphite and gently highlighted with white chalk, this drawing presents a life study of a sacerdotal figure in a romanticized medieval headcloth. At the bottom the artist repeated an enlarged and detailed study of the figure’s hands. The figure on top was then squared in black chalk for enlargement. Schadow was a main exponent of the Nazarene movement in Germany, which was driven by an authentic admiration for the Italian Renaissance and its tradition of drawing. He was also the celebrated director of the Düsseldorfer Malerschule (Düsseldorf School of Painting) during the 1830s and 1840s.

Study of a Standing Man with Headcloth and Two Studies of his Hands, Wilhelm Schadow (German, Berlin 1788–1862 Düsseldorf), Graphite, heightened with white chalk, on light brown paper

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