288 - Prussia

Prussia Werner, Anton von Design sketch for the wall decoration in the Red Salon at the Haus des Künstlers in Berlin. Monogrammed and dated. 1874. Graphite on paper, washed. Sheet dimensions approx. 32.5 x 49 cm. Bartmann catalog number Z 1874-17. - Frieze with portraits of Michelangelo and Dürer. - Note in pencil along the upper margin: “MichelAngelo, Raphael Tizian Dürer”; a drawn scale along the lower margin, numbered "184L" and further note. - Upper margin uncut; small tear at the lower margin; slightly creased; small mounting holes in all four corners; otherwise generally well preserved. Prussia. - Drawing for the wall decoration in the Red Salon in the artist’s house. Monogrammed and dated 1874. Graphite on paper, watercolored. - Depicts portraits of Michelangelo and Dürer. - Note in pencil at the top margin: 'MichelAngelo, Raphael Tizian Dürer', a drawn scale at the bottom margin, numbered '184L', and a further note. - Upper margin uncut, small tear at the lower margin, slightly creased, small mounting holes in all four corners, otherwise generally well preserved.