Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl (1860, Temesvar, Austria-Hungary - 1933, Rome)
Figure Study of Man with Outstretched Arm for the oil painting "Die Seelen am Acheron"
circa 1898
charcoal and white and brown chalk on blue handmade paper
30,3 x 45,4 cm
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist (estate stamp verso)
The above drawing is a study for the figure behind Hermes in Hiremy-Hirschl's 1898 masterwork, the oil painting "Die Seelen am Acheron" ["Souls on the Banks of the Acheron"] in the collection of the Belvedere museum, Vienna.