Head of Comity
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1745
- Dimensions
- 48.1 × 33.5 cm (18 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Raphael Kirchner
Artist
Raphael Kirchner was an Austrian artist, principally a portrait painter and illustrator best known for Art Nouveau and early pin-up work, especially in picture postcard format. His work served as an early inspiration to Peruvian painter Alberto Vargas, who had a career in the United States for the film and men's magazine industry.
Full artist profile →More
More by Raphael Kirchner
Psyche Presenting the Phial of Water to Venus
1700 · Red chalk, with traces of graphite, on cream laid paper
Conversion of Saint Paul
1700 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on wood pulp board
Guard Drawing His Sword
1600 · Black chalk on tan laid paper, edge mounted on buff laid paper
Last Supper
1580 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with graphite additions, on cream laid paper, laid down on two layers of cream laid paper
Upraised Right Hand, with Palm Facing Outward: Study for Saint Peter
1518 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk and lead white, partially oxidized, over stylus underdrawing, on cream laid paper
Joanna of Aragon
1500 · Black chalk with red chalk on ivory laid paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Raphael Kirchner
- Year
- 1745
- Dimensions
- 48.1 × 33.5 cm (18 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1745-331071
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified