Theodor Richard Edward von Holst
Gretchen in Prayer before a Statue of the Mater Dolorosa (recto); Studies of a Woman and Man's Head (verso)
1828–31
Black and red chalk
26 × 32.7 cm (10.2 × 12.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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