Portrait of a man (Ferdinand Hompesch?)
Portrait of a man (Ferdinand Hompesch?)
Russia, St. Petersburg
1856
Paper; graphite pencil, watercolor, white gouache
Diameter: 21.0 cm (tondo)
A middle-aged man with a receding hairline, wearing a white shirt with a raised collar, a jacket, and a bow tie, is depicted bust-length on a tondo-format sheet. His gaze is cast downward.
Handwritten on the reverse: “Sичи”; there is also a rectangular stamp with clipped corners containing the number “1338.” The author's signature and date are located in the lower-right section: Zichy // 1856.
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