Franz von Lenbach

Königreich Bayern 1839 - 1904 München

Sketch for a Portrait of Otto von Bismarck

Oil over pen and ink, heightened with white

104.5 x 75 cm

Verso: estate stamp no. 21

and inscription by Lolo Lenbach: „I confirm that this excellent sketch of Bismarck is by the hand of my husband Franz von Lenbach, 21 February 1937

PROVENANCE:

Artist‘s estate

As the inscription on the verso implies, this is a sketch done from the life of the „Iron Chancellor“ particularly prized in the Lenbach familiy and presumably serving as a model for multiple images.