Portrait of a Young Man — Wilhelm von Kügelgen | DiscoverArt

Wilhelm von Kügelgen

Portrait of a Young Man

mid-19th century

Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown-gray paper

30.4 × 24.9 cm (12 × 9.8 in)

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